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Tag Archives: Conservative Jews
“The board of every Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist synagogue in the US should evaluate the wisdom of positioning their brand as the religious wing of the Democratic Party”
TIMES OF ISRAEL To survive, American Judaism must abandon ideological inbreeding by David Kinnear September 20, 2017 …It is well known that the American synagogue is generally plagued by declining enrollment and diminished interest among congregants. Is preaching leftist politics … Continue reading
Millennials “by far the most Jewishly illiterate Jewish community that has ever existed”
THE ATLANTIC ‘We’re Headed Toward One of the Greatest Divisions in the History of the Jewish People’ by Emma Green July 16, 2017 In late June, 19 rabbis gathered in New York City for an urgent meeting. It wasn’t secret, … Continue reading
“Driving on Shabbat, eating out, gay marriage and more: For more than half a century, the Conservative movement has been…just a movement that can’t say no”
FORWARD The Conservative Movement Will Inevitably Cave On Intermarriage by Daniel Gordis June 21, 2017 …No less saddening, though, was the fact that glaringly missing from Schonfeld’s column is any mention of the next dramatic change that obviously lies just … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservative Jews, Conservative Movement, Daniel Gordis, Intermarriage, Rabbi Julie Schonfeld
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A Portrait of American Orthodox Jews
PEW RESEARCH CENTER August 26, 2015 A Further Analysis of the 2013 Survey of U.S. Jews American Jews tend to be more highly educated and politically liberal than the U.S. public as a whole, as well as less religiously observant, … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservative Jews, Orthodox, Orthodox Jews, Pew Research, Reform Jews
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Conservative Jews question notions on dating, marrying only Jews
WASHINGTON POST by Lauren Markoe January 8, 2015 Whether Jews should only date and marry other Jews is not a new question, but it’s one that has come into stark relief in recent weeks. In two separate instances in December, … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservative Jews, Conservative Judaism, Interfaith dating, Intermarriage
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United Synagogue Youth Eases Rule on Dating Non-Jews
JEWISH DAILY FORWARD by Uriel Heilman December 23, 2014 United Synagogue Youth voted to relax its rules barring teenage board members from dating non-Jews. The amendment was adopted Monday in Atlanta at the annual international convention of the Conservative movement’s youth … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservative Jews, Conservative Movement, Pew Research Center, Sabbath, Shabbat, United Synagogue Youth, USY
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ArchitectGuy on Israel 