... so much up to his people, the Jewish people believe they must try and give back and live their lives in accordance to the Covenant relationship that Jews are believed to have with God. On the other hand, Reform Jews regard the laws of kashrut to be negative mitzvah and choose not to observe these laws. Reform Jews argue that keeping the laws is no longer necessary in modern day society. The laws were written thousands of years ago and are therefore considered, by followers of Reformed Judaism to not apply and be necessary to modern day society. Orthodox Jews argue that if these laws are as Reform Jews say, 'of little importance in modern day society' then God would have told his people this and altered the laws to suit modern day society - which he has not done. Orthodox Jews claim that Reformists are picking and choosing which rules they ...

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