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Reform and Conservative Judaism have been said to be the responses of two different immigrant Jewish communities to America. Discuss in detail how this is so for German and Eastern European Jews. Why did Reform not suffice for both groups? Compare and contrast the two movements relevant to this; refer to Liebman’s essay. The beginning of Reform Judaism came in the early 1800’s. During that time, many Jews questioned the traditions and the teachings of how Jewish sacred writings came to be. Those who founded Reform Judaism, felt and claimed that Judaism is defined principally by the bible, and they considered the oral law of human creation. Reform Judaism ca