Die zentralen Glaubenssätze des Reformjudentums, dass „alle Menschen im Abbild Gottes geschaffen sind“ und dass „wir Gottes Partner bei der Verbesserung der Welt sind“ (tikkun olam), passten nahtlos zur Agenda der Regierung Obama.
That denomination’s elasticity and inclusiveness – known in-house as “audacious hospitality” – made its adherents natural allies of a president with a universalist worldview. Reform Judaism’s central tenets that “all human beings are created in the image of God” and that “we are God’s partners in improving the world” (tikkun olam) jibed seamlessly with the Obama administration’s agenda.