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Despite being from predominantly Ashkenazi ancestry, most reform Jews I've met (including me) use sephardic pronunciation in Hebrew. Why did the reform community adopt sephardic pronunciation while the orthodox community largely retained an Ashkenazi pronunciation?

by /u/Xxxn00bpwnR69xxX in /r/AskHistorians

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