Orthodox Historian Yehudah Geberer agrees with Simon wholeheartedly --that Reform's major accomplishment wasn't in secularizing Jews but, if anything, saved millions of Jews from total assimilation and complete disappearance. They were going to be secular anyway --with or without Reform.
The question is whether the amount pushed towards increased assimilation due to the social acceptance of the reform movement outweighs the total amount of Jews it kept in.
Orthodox Historian Yehudah Geberer agrees with Simon wholeheartedly --that Reform's major accomplishment wasn't in secularizing Jews but, if anything, saved millions of Jews from total assimilation and complete disappearance. They were going to be secular anyway --with or without Reform.
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The question is whether the amount pushed towards increased assimilation due to the social acceptance of the reform movement outweighs the total amount of Jews it kept in.