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This in turn led to the formation of the Association of New Reform Congregations, which served both as an organizational entity behind these congregations and an ordination (''semikha'') organization, with the primary organizational work, [[What Right Have I]]'s ''[[Mishkan HaNetzach]]'', being a living text that defined the growing movement. They were anti-Zionist, environmentalist, leaned socialist or anarchist, and viewed the System as a chance to continue in their work of ''tikkun olam.'' Some viewed the System as The World to Come, but this idea never gained majority traction. | This in turn led to the formation of the Association of New Reform Congregations, which served both as an organizational entity behind these congregations and an ordination (''semikha'') organization, with the primary organizational work, [[What Right Have I]]'s ''[[Mishkan HaNetzach]]'', being a living text that defined the growing movement. They were anti-Zionist, environmentalist, leaned socialist or anarchist, and viewed the System as a chance to continue in their work of ''tikkun olam.'' Some viewed the System as The World to Come, but this idea never gained majority traction. | ||
One benefit of this growth was the fact that this strand of Judaism was particularly focused on a multimodal approach, engaging with Jews both embedded and embodied. With a sizable representation sys-side and as other forms of [[infolife]], those who engaged with Judaism after uploading or as [[memorial uploads]] provided a perpetual anchor of effectively immortal membership. This was the key differentiator at first between the Reform and New Reform movements, given the disagreements on mitzvot as they applied sys-side/in Netspace, particularly surrounding [[wikipedia:Kashrut|kashrut]] and sacred objects such as | One benefit of this growth was the fact that this strand of Judaism was particularly focused on a multimodal approach, engaging with Jews both embedded and embodied. With a sizable representation sys-side and as other forms of [[infolife]], those who engaged with Judaism after uploading or as [[memorial uploads]] provided a perpetual anchor of effectively immortal membership. This was the key differentiator at first between the Reform and New Reform movements, given the disagreements on mitzvot as they applied sys-side/in Netspace, particularly surrounding [[wikipedia:Kashrut|kashrut]] and sacred objects such as [[wikipedia:Torah_scroll|sifrei Torah]] or the [[wikipedia:Klaf|klaf]] inside [[wikipedia:Mezuzah|mezuzot]], though the differences have grown over time, with rituals surrounding forking, quitting, and individuation, blessings unique to infolife, and so on. | ||
=== ''On the Origins of Our World'' and Judaism === | === ''On the Origins of Our World'' and Judaism === | ||