A Liberal movement (& a Liberal Jewish Synagogue) in the UK were founded in the early section of the 20th century by Lily Montagu, Claude Montefiore & others. It began at a start witharound 1902 by having a further prayer service, an adjunct to a so Orthodox & Reform tabernacle, by having the intention that the utilize of more English in services, men & women sitting freely together, the apply of organ music, then forth will besides halt occasionally on the margins of British Jewry from either ingesting wholly & existence entirely misused. However a feel of sincerity & radicalism of the Liberal movement apace gained disciple & established a freshly identity, leading to the introduction of the Liberal Jewish temple inside 1911, the number one of at present extra than xxx Liberal congregations in the UK.

To quote a LJS internet site, "Liberal Judaism values tradition, but truth even more. It combines respect for our Jewish heritage with positive acceptance of modern knowledge and due regard for the realities of the world in which we live". & it stresses "the full equality and participation of men and women in every sphere of religious life; an emphasis on ethical conduct above ritual observance; an affirmation of each individual's freedom to act responsibly in accordance with the dictates of the informed religious conscience; a pride in combining our Jewish heritage with full participation in the civic life of this country; and an awareness of our duty not only to the Jewish people and to the State of Israel, but also to the entire human family, each one of whom is created in the Divine image".

A confusion just about a terms "Reform" or "Liberal" arose because at that period in the UK, 'Reform Judaism' intended a West London Synagogue, which was non attached by having German or even Western Reform, & around modern terms strongly conservativist. Since a Thirties, Reform Judaism in the UK has be good deal extra such as Reform in the United States; when Orthodoxy has grown steadily other & extra rigid. Liberalism & Reform use so more and more be twin halves of Progressive Judaism in the UK. Since 1964 two keep close at h& together co-sponsored a educational videos of rabbis at Leo Baeck College around London; & rabbis move freely from either Reform to Liberal congregations and vice-versa. Around recent years there has too been the move towards further tradition within Liberal services than the generation sooner - eg supplementary have of Hebrew, further wearing of tallit & kippot, additional enjoyment of Purim & more traditional minor festivals. However Liberal Judaism is however someways distinctly additional 'liberal' than Reform, for instance readily recognising when Jewish the tike of Jewish father & a non-Jewish mother, forswearing conversion.

Links

[http://www.liberaljudaism.org/ Liberal Judaism] [http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/221_the_history_of_the_l.htm History of the Liberal movement] [http://www.ljs.org/ Liberal Jewish Synagogue], St. John's Wood, London [http://wupj.org/home/index.html World Union for Progressive Judaism]