The Miami Platform is the 1997 platform for
America
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Reform Judaism. The platform was adopted by the
Central Conference of American Rabbis on June 24, 1997. The Miami Platform clarified the relationship between American Reform Judaism and the Zionist movement.
The Platform
The 1997 Miami Platform was held in recognition of the centenary of the first
World Zionist Congress of August 29th, 1897. The Miami Platform was the first Reform platform dedicated to the issue of
Zionism. The text of the platform asserts the American Reform movement's support for
Israel and the Zionist movement, saying that "Medinat Yisrael serves uniquely as the spiritual and cultural focal point of world Jewry" and that the destinies of "Israeli and Diaspora Jewry" are dependent and responsible for one another. The importance of a Hebrew language education is emphasized as "indespensable", due to the strong links between the American Jewish and Israeli Jewish communities. The platform says that Israel must exist as a "pluralistic, democratic"
Jewish state wherein "no religious interpretation of Judaism takes legal precedence over another." The platform was largely the work of Rabbi
Ammiel Hirsch
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Aron Hirt-Manheimer.
See also
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Columbus Platform The Columbus Platform, officially known as The Guiding Principles of Reform Judaism, is the 1937 platform for American Reform Judaism adopted by the Central Conference of American Rabbis. The Columbus Platform was the first Reform platform to assert ...
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New Pittsburgh Platform The New Pittsburgh Platform is the 1999 platform for American Reform Judaism. The "Statement of Principles" was adopted by the Central Conference of American Rabbis in May, 1999. The New Pittsburgh Platform was a "centrist" compromise between the tr ...
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Pittsburgh Platform
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Reform Judaism: A Centenary Perspective
References
External links
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