 Reform Judaism has had a number of official platforms, especially in the United States.The first platform was the 1885 "Declaration of Principles ("The Pittsburgh Platform")" – the adopted statement of a meeting of reform rabbis from across the United States November 16 – 19, 1885.The next platform – "The Guiding Principles of Reform Judaism ("The Columbus Platform")" – was published by the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) in 1937.