A Future for Conservative Judaism

Many see a sharp decline in American Conservative Judaism, which had grown to be the largest Jewish denomination after World War Two. With origins at the Jewish Theological Seminaries in Breslau and in New York, its attraction was its commitment to “conserving” traditional cherished practices and beliefs, and its openness to changes  legitimated by historical precedents, as charted by critical scholarship. The result was a “centrist” (between Reform and Orthodoxy) and a pluralist approach (even within individual congregations), a religious coalition that embraced both staunch traditionalism and more flexible interpretations within the perimeters of Jewish Law.

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