Outlines Of Liberal Judaism

Excerpt from Outlines of Liberal Judaism: For the Use of Parents and Teachers F inally, I desire to state that the larger portion of my book was read and criticised by a number of Jewish friends, of whom all but one share my own Liberal opinions. This common faith did not, however, prevent them from making a number of corrections, criticisms and suggestions, many of Which I have silently adopted, while, in other cases, I have quoted what the critic actually said. The critics consisted both of women and men, but I have spoken of them all alike in the masculine gender. I am greatly indebted to them for their patient kindness. My readers will be indebted to them too. One or them, moreover, was good enough to read through the whole book, except the last two chapters, in proof, and on this occasion also to make several valuable suggestions, almost all of which have been incorporated into the text. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Liberal Judaism an Essay The object of this book is to offer a few notes and suggestions about a particular phase of a particular religion. The religion is Judaism, and the phase is commonly known as "liberal" or "reform" Judaism. But even this description of my object is not sufficiently limited. It is not liberal Judaism as a separate organisation, or liberal Judaism in its history and development, of which I wish to speak, but that particular and individualised form of liberal Judaism which I myself happen to hold. The personal element is not brought in because the writer attaches any importance to himself, but in order that it may not be supposed that he is speaking in the name of liberal Judaism as a whole, and still less in the name of Judaism generally. No authority attaches to this book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This book probes the varieties of Jewish thought and ritual practice from the perspective of liberal Judaism.