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Originally Posted by Leto
Is Frum and Liberal analogous to Catholicism & Protestantism? If not, is there a similar movement in Judaism to the Christian Reformation?
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Not really, and sort of but not really. Frum generally refers to the orthodox or ultra-orthodox, and as you have seen there are many other denominations (reform, conservative, modern orthodox, etc.).
From my understanding, the Christian Reformation was about "reforming" the Church. In Judaism there is no longer a centralized established authority like the Catholic Church was in the 16th century, so it isn't possible to seek to reform one. However, many of the more modern movements (reform and conservative come to mind) were very much efforts to "modernize" or "reform" Judaism. They were about marrying the ideals and beliefs of the times (the 19th and 20th centuries) to Judaism and this can look kind of like how Protestantism branched off of the Church. Obviously, the reform movement is named after this process.
Levite and others correct me if I'm off base, but this is my understanding.