ew "American" rabbinical association, the Orthodox Union (133).
The formation of the United Synagogue offered a new choice for Jews--"tradition without Orthodoxy"--the beginning of Conservative Judaism in America. Conservative Judaism blended Jewish beliefs and rituals with modern thought and offered an attractive option more traditional than Reform Judaism yet more modern and American than the Orthodoxy of their parents and the old country. Israelism or Zionism is another area where Jews in America have found a focus that expresses their tradition and uniqueness(137).
German Jews created their own distinctive version of Jewishness in their new home. These immigrants had a tradition of helping each other t
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