Reform Judaism

English

Alternative forms

• Reformed Judaism (nonstandard)

Proper noun

Reform Judaism

2. (Judaism) A movement in Judaism, characterized by the loosening of the strictures of much of traditional Jewish law that is seen as irrelevant to modern society, and by the shortening, simplification, and translation to the vernacular of Jewish ritual.

   Synonyms: Liberal Judaism, Progressive Judaism

   Hyponym: Judaism

Coordinate terms

• Conservative Judaism
• Hasidism
• Orthodox Judaism
• Reconstructionist Judaism

Translations

a form of Judaism

• German: Reformjudentum n
• Hebrew: יהדות רפורמית f
• Irish: Giúdachas Leasaitheach m
• Ladino: djudaismo reformista m
• Spanish: judaísmo reformista m
• Yiddish: רעפֿאָרעם־ייִדישקייט f (reforem-yidishkeyt)