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conservative judaism
Guest Column: Does it matter how many Israelis define themselves as Reform\Conservative?
Shmuel Rosner
September 28, 2017
How many Reform/Conservative Jews are there in Israel? Try less than half a percent
Shmuel Rosner
September 26, 2017
The rabbi and the yogi
Jewish Journal
June 8, 2016
My husband, Jeremy, and I first met Rabbi Moshe Greenwald and his wife, Rivky, at a Chanukah candle-lighting ceremony in Pershing Square in 2010, when we were just dating.
Rice and beans for Ashkenazi Jews on Passover?
Jared Sichel
April 13, 2016
Seder tables in Conservative Jewish homes may look different this Passover, and it’s not because of a new popular cookbook or changes to the haggadah.
Rabbis expand the Passover menu — but will Conservative Jews bite?
Jewish Journal
April 12, 2016
On Passover, Lynne Sandler will be passing on the beans and rice.
Audit to shed light on Conservative Judaism
Ryan Torok
February 3, 2016
It’s no secret that Conservative Judaism faces significant challenges, but officials within the movement hope an audit of close to 1,000 people by the branding firm Good Omen — expected to be released in the coming weeks — will help pump new life into it.
Conservative Judaism — many options, unlimited possibilities
Jewish Journal
January 11, 2016
When I was a law student, I took a course by a renowned professor who warned that if a prosecutor ever told us that our client only had two choices, we should walk away from the bargaining table. His point: There are always more options.
Why I take personally chief rabbi’s criticism of non-Orthodox school visit
Jewish Journal
December 14, 2015
At the Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly this year, it was made clear that a healthy Jewish community does not have to have unanimity on all issues, but we do need to be unified and, above all else, have civility in our discourse.
Study: Conservative shuls spend on operations at expense of engagement
Jewish Journal
November 30, 2015
Conservative Jewish synagogues are focused more on operations than youth engagement, and are more than twice as likely to have a cantor than an associate rabbi, a new survey of synagogue staffing found.
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