" :::Well, I was responding primarily to Shykee. If you look up above, I started by agreeing with something Shirhadassah made - that is my main point. I do not in any way dispute your claims about reform, I didn't think anyone else was. The conversation, it seemed to me, was about Orthodoxy not Reform Judaism. As to Orthodoxy as a movement that was founded, well, the question is, is Orthodoxy a movement? If so, it was indeed founded by people, all movements are. If you are saying that there was a large ppopulation of Jews during this time that did not belong to any ""movement,"" well, sure, who could dispute that? I do not doubt that between 1600 and 1800 there
" :::Well, I was responding primarily to Shykee. If you look up above, I started by agreeing with something Shirhadassah made - that is my main point. I do not in any way dispute your claims about reform, I didn't think anyone else was. The conversation, it seemed to me, was about Orthodoxy not Reform Judaism. As to Orthodoxy as a movement that was founded, well, the question is, is Orthodoxy a movement? If so, it was indeed founded by people, all movements are. If you are saying that there was a large ppopulation of Jews during this time that did not belong to any ""movement,"" well, sure, who could dispute that? I do not doubt that between 1600 and 1800 there was