Pittsburgh Platform

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The Pittsburgh Platform was an 1885 statement of principles that defined the classical American Reform Judaism movement with its emphasis on ethical monotheism and modernist reinterpretation of Jewish law and tradition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish religious document ⓘ
Reform Judaism platform ⓘ
religious statement of principles ⓘ
adoptedBy Central Conference of American Rabbis ⓘ
associatedWith American Jewish history ⓘ
classical Reform Judaism ⓘ
cityOfAdoption Pittsburgh ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
dateAdopted 1885 ⓘ
denomination American Reform Judaism ⓘ
linked to: Reform Judaism
emphasis ethical monotheism ⓘ
modernist reinterpretation of Jewish law ⓘ
modernist reinterpretation of Jewish tradition ⓘ
focus ethics over ritual observance ⓘ
followedBy 1937 Columbus Platform ⓘ
Columbus Platform ⓘ
genre religious platform ⓘ
historicalSignificance articulated a modernist theology for Reform Judaism ⓘ
defined the classical phase of American Reform Judaism ⓘ
linked to: Reform Judaism

marked a shift away from traditional ritual observance ⓘ
influenced American Reform synagogue practice ⓘ
classical Reform Judaism ⓘ
subsequent Reform platforms ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movement Reform Judaism ⓘ
placeOfConference Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
positionOnHalakha non-binding for Reform Jews ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
socialEthic called for moral living and ethical conduct ⓘ
emphasized social justice ⓘ
subject Jewish ethics ⓘ
Jewish law ⓘ
Jewish theology ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
viewOfAfterlife downplayed traditional doctrines of bodily resurrection ⓘ
emphasized immortality of influence and the soul ⓘ
viewOfChosenPeople ethical mission rather than national election ⓘ
viewOfHomeland saw America as the primary home of American Jews ⓘ
viewOfJewishLaw evolving and adaptable ⓘ
viewOfJewishPeoplehood religious community rather than a nation ⓘ
viewOfMessiah rejected personal messiah ⓘ
viewOfMessianicAge affirmed a universal messianic age of justice and peace ⓘ
viewOfMoralLaw permanently binding ⓘ
viewOfOtherReligions recognized truth in other religions ⓘ
rejected proselytizing hostility toward other faiths ⓘ
viewOfRitualLaw only binding where it elevates and sanctifies life ⓘ
viewOfTorah product of divine inspiration and human authorship ⓘ
viewOfZionism rejected Jewish political nationalism ⓘ
year 1885 ⓘ

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Reform Judaism → hasDoctrine → Pittsburgh Platform ⓘ
Columbus Platform → predecessor → Pittsburgh Platform ⓘ
A Statement of Principles for Reform Judaism (1999) → predecessor → Pittsburgh Platform (1885) ⓘ
linked to: Pittsburgh Platform
San Francisco Platform (1976) → predecessor → Pittsburgh Platform (1885) ⓘ
linked to: Pittsburgh Platform
San Francisco Platform (1976) → successor → Pittsburgh Platform (1999) ⓘ
linked to: Pittsburgh Platform
Kaufmann Kohler → notableWork → Pittsburgh Platform ⓘ
1937 Columbus Platform → follows → 1885 Pittsburgh Platform ⓘ
linked to: Pittsburgh Platform