MONTAGU, LILY (1873–1963), founder of the Liberal Jewish movement in England. Born in London on December 22, 1873, Lily H. Montagu was the sixth child of Ellen Cohen Montagu and Samuel Montagu. Her father was a wealthy banker and leading member...

An English *Progressive movement. Liberal Judaism was founded by Lily Montagu and Claud Montefiore. It is the most radical of the English movements and, arguably, closest to American *Reform. Liberal *synagogues are affiliated to the Union of Liberal...

Liberal Judaism in the United Kingdom in one of the two forms of Progressive Judaism found in the United Kingdom, the other being Reform Judaism. Liberal Judaism, which developed at the beginning of the twentieth century is less conservative than UK...

Yeshiva University's undergraduate colleges search for a way to balance devotion to Torah study with the demands of a serious liberal arts education. LIKE WITTGENSTEIN, I CANNOT HELP LOOKING at every question from a religious point of view. But my perspective, unlike Wittgenstein's,...

For centuries Benedict Spinoza has been regarded as everything from an antisemite to anti-Biblical. These and similar charges are not supported by recent analyses. Spinoza was an intellectual figure who believed deeply in a Deity while opening up the Torah to the same...