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Neology (Jewish sect)

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Topical headingNeology (Jewish sect)
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Variant(s)Congressionals (Jewish sect)
Neologism (Jewish sect)
See alsoReform Judaism
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Found inWork cat.: Sefer H̀£omat esh, 2017: title page (book deals with the with the disputes between the nascent Reform [Neological] Jewish community in Hungary and Transylvania, and the Orthodox communities)
A house divided, 1998: pp. 40-47 (discusses the differences between Hungarian Neologism and German Reform Judaism; Neologism supported aesthetic changes to the traditional service, including the use of university-trained and educated rabbis but was opposed to deviations from halakhah)
Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2007, via Gale Virtual Reference Library, Aug. 9, 2017: Neology (a.k.a. Neologism; unofficial name of the communities in Hungary belonging to the Reform movement. On the basis of the decisions of the General Jewish Congress (1868--69), they constituted the majority and therefore called themselves the Congressionals)