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Are Heterodox Jews Increasingly Being Alienated?

JL;DR SUMMARY The tension between Orthodox and heterodox Jewish movements is deepening, with both sides increasingly at odds over issues of religious legitimacy and unity. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityOrthodox JudaismWestern WallReform JudaismConservative JudaismJewish UnityEgalitarian PrayerReligious LegitimacyHalachic Interpretation

Places mentioned

Germany
"German Jews totally assimilated and integrated at the highest levels of society."
United States
"another approach emerged - primarily in America called Conservative Judaism."
Israel
"has increasingly spilled over into public disputes, particularly in Israel."

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