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Common Misconceptions
Test your knowledge. Read the following, and select true or false:
(Surprised? or have your own question?)
 or  1. Reform Judaism believes that the Torah is a human creation, evolving
even unto today.
or 2. Reform Judaism accepts the authority of rabbinic Judaism as binding
(e.g. Talmud).
or 3. Reform Jews do not wear kippot.
or 4. Reform Jews do not keep kosher.
or 5. Reform Judaism teaches that the Torah was not given to Moses by
God.
or 6. Reform Judaism places a great emphasis on ethical mitzvot.
or 7. Reform Judaism teaches that the observance of ritual mitzvot is
unnecessary.
or 8. Reform Judaism encourages the observance of brit milah on the
eighth day.
or 9. Reform Judaism observes two days of all festivals.
or 10. Reform Judaism believes that diaspora communities (those outside
the State of Israel) are not in exile.
or 11. Reform Judaism believes that God is all-powerful, ever present
and all-knowing.
or 12. Reform Judaism believes in the coming of an individual messiah.
or 13. Reform Judaism teaches that the Shabbat begins with the lighting
of Shabbat candles and concludes with the service of Havdalah.
or 14. Reform Judaism is older than Conservative Judaism.
or 15. The modern State of Israel is central to Contemporary and Reform
Judaism.
or 16. Bar/Bat Mitzvah has always been a goal of Reform Jewish education.
or 17. Reform Judaism encourages intermarriage.
or 18. Reform Judaism affirms that a child who is raised and educated
as Jew -- having one Jewish parent (mother or father) -- is under
the presumption of being Jewish.
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