United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism was created in 1913.
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In the first half of the 20th century Conservative Judaism had fast growth. In the 1990's the Conservative Judaism was the largest denomination. Today it is not the largest denomination in America.
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There are three sects of Judaism: Orthodox, Conservative and Reform.
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Yes, the State of Israel recognises both Conservative and Reform converts to Judaism for immigration purposes.
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Conservative Judaism is a sect of Judaism that sees the Tanach (Jewish Bible) as divinely inspired. It is similar to Orthodox Judaism in regard to adherance to halacha (Jewish law), however, the Conservative movement takes modern life and science into greater consideration when interpreting halacha.
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The Torah is a sacred text in Judaism, a monotheistic religion. There are different denominations within Judaism, including Conservative, Orthodox, and Reform, each with their own interpretations and practices of the faith.
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Conservative Judaism is considered to be a liberal branch of Judaism because the Conservative movement is egalitarian. Men and women sit together in most Conservative congregations, women are counted toward a minyan, since 1983, women have been ordained as Conservative rabbis, since 2006, gay and lesbian rabbis have been allowed, and since 2012, same-sex marriage. Orthodox Judaism allows none of these things.
On the other hand, the Conservative movement has been very conservative with the liturgy. An outsider to Judaism will see few changes. They are there, but they are a word there, or a phrase there, not the kind of wholesale changes the Reform movement has made.
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Orthodox, Reconstructionist, Conservative, & Reform.
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It depends on what country you're talking about. It's also a matter of opinion. In the United States, the Reform movement is generally the most liberal, however Reform Judaism has been undergoing a slow shift toward incorporating more and more tradition, whereas Conservative Judaism has been undergoing a slow shift toward more change.
It's not stretch to imagine a time when the two will merge.
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YES. Conservative Judaism has permitted the ordination of Jews since October 1983.
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Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist
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The changing times.
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Judaism is divided into Sephardim & Ashkenaz.
Ashkenaz are divided into Orthodox, Conservative, & Reform.
A forth sect is called Reconstructionist.
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Lots of those. In more or less the order of most traditional to least traditional, here are some:
Modern Orthodox Judaism
Masorti (Traditional) Judaism
Conservative Judaism
Reform Judaism
Liberal Judaism
Reconstructionist Judaism
Renewal Judaism
Humanistic Judaism
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Gilbert S. Rosenthal has written:
'Generations in crisis' -- subject(s): Jewish ethics
'The many faces of Judaism' -- subject(s): Conservative Judaism, Judaism, Orthodox Judaism, Reconstructionist Judaism, Reform Judaism
'Maimonides: His Wisdom for Our Time'
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Conservative Jews are less strict than Orthodox Jews. Not all Conservative Jews keep Shabbat.
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Orthodox Jews follow strict tradition and Jewish law, whereas the Conservative movement has relaxed some of the observances.
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No. Reform Judaism is a specific Jewish movement. It is one of the progressive movements, but Humanist Judaism, Reconstructionist Judaism and the Jewish Renewal Movement each have a legitimate claim to being progressive, and even Conservative Judaism has a claim to the title. The distinction between progressive Judaism and liberal Judaism is more than a bit vague.
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The "Bat Mitzvah" comes from the Reform and Conservative movements in Judaism.
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Basically there are 3 sects; Orthodox, Reform and Conservative. Additionally, within those sects there are also Re-constructionist Judaism and Jewish Renewal.
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First, in Europe, what Americans call "Conservative Judaism" is generally called Masorti (traditional) Judaism. And yes, there absolutely are summer camps. I enclose a link to one of the better-known Masorti-run camps in the United Kingdom.
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In between the Orthodox and Reform Jewish communities is the Conservative movement, although, the Conservative movement is closer to Orthodox than Reform.
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No. There are many religions that fully accept gay people, including:
Christianity, Metropolitan Community Church
Christianity, United Church of Christ
Islam, Liberal/Progressive
Judaism, Conservative
Judaism, Humanistic
Judaism, Liberal/Progressive
Judaism, Reconstructionist
Judaism, Renewal
Judaism, Reform
Pagans
Unititarian Universalism
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Men can be Rabbis in all forms of Judaism. In Liberal Judaism (Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist, etc.), women can also be Rabbis. There is currently a few practicing female clergy in Orthodox Judaism, but they are not considered Rabbis since it is forbidden for women to be Rabbis in Orthodox Judaism.
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Yes. But it is considerably more lax compared to Conservative and Orthodox Judaism.
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Mordecai Waxman has written:
'Tradition and change' -- subject(s): Conservative Judaism
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Conservative Jews
The question as phrased in problematic because the word "mainstream" implies most common or most central. While Conservative Judaism is the most conservative of the Liberal branches of Judaism, it is certainly not the most common form of Judaism: Secular/Reform Judaism is.
Another view:"Mainstream" is, admittedly, usually defined as majority. However, if we define it as that which represents and continues the stream, it could be stated that Orthodox Judaism can claim this title, since its tradition is that it represents the beliefs of the Prophets and Sages all the way back; while the more liberal groups of Judaism do not claim to have been handed down their beliefs from such early groups as the Karaites or Hellenizing Jews. Nor did Karaism or the beliefs of the Jewish Hellenists exist before they were specifically promulgated, long after the end of prophecy.1 answer
Marc Lee Raphael has written:
'Jews and Judaism in the United States' -- subject(s): Antisemitism, Ethnic relations, History, Jews
'Approaches to Modern Judaism I (Brown Judaic Studies, No. 49, etc.)'
'Judaism in America'
'Profiles in American Judaism' -- subject(s): Conservative Judaism, History, Orthodox Judaism, Reconstructionist Judaism, Reform Judaism
'Postwar American Jewish Experience'
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Orthodox Judaism, is the traditional form of the religion. The Conservative and Reform movements arose in Europe and the United States around the 19th century, both making an attempt to modernize Judaism.
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It means that they do not go to the sabath alot and are not strict.
There are two general categories of Judaism: Orthodox Judaism and Liberal Judaism. Liberal Judaism encompases a wide variety of different movements, including most famously: Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist, and Hiloni. The term non-Orthodox is another way of referring to all of these movements within Liberal Judaism.
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The founder of Reconstructionist Judaism was Mordecai Kaplan. Even though he was very important in the American Conservative Jewish Movement, he was never "the" American Jewish Leader as there were numerous other important Conservative Jews at the time (like Solomon Schechter) and other groups of American Jews (like the Orthodox and Reform) that never followed Kaplan even when he was a Conservative Rabbi in good-standing.
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A gathering of ten Jewish men (or women in reform and conservative Judaism) for the purpose of prayer is called a minyan.
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It means that they do not go to the sabath alot and are not strict.
There are two general categories of Judaism: Orthodox Judaism and Liberal Judaism. Liberal Judaism encompases a wide variety of different movements, including most famously: Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist, and Hiloni. The term non-Orthodox is another way of referring to all of these movements within Liberal Judaism.
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Judaism is divided into 3 main branches, which are Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox, although there is a form of orthodox Judaism known as Hassidic Judaism which might be described as ultra-orthodox.
Reform Judaism is a modernized version in which Jews do not have to wear special religious clothing (such as the skull-cap or yarmulka) except on special occasions, and in which the demands of the religion are relatively moderate. Conservative Judaism requires Jewish men to wear their religious head-gear at all times, and requires more ritual observance than Reform Judaism. Orthodox (or ultra-orthodox) Judaism makes no compromises with the modern world, insisting upon every traditional detail of Judaism as it existed earlier in history. Being an orthodox Jew could be described as a full-time occupation. It is a very demanding religion.
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Jacob Immanuel Schochet has written:
'Who is a Jew?' -- subject(s): Apologetic works, Conservative Judaism, Controversial literature, Identity, Jewish Proselytes and proselyting, Jews, Orthodox Judaism, Reform Judaism
'The Great Maggid'
'Tzitzith' -- subject(s): Zizith
'The mystical tradition' -- subject(s): Hasidism, Judaism, Mysticism
'Mashiach' -- subject(s): Judaism, Messiah, Messianic era (Judaism), Redemption
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The major modern Jewish sects are: Orthodox Judaism, the most traditional, which attempts to follow the Torah explicitly; Reform Judaism, the most liberal, containing 42 percent of American Jews; Conservative Judaism, between Orthodox and Reform, based on the teachings of Zacharias Frankel; and Hasidic Judaism, which promotes internal mysticism.
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Neither. It simply caused Judaism to re-evaluate itself and come up with several major responses: Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist, Renewal, Humanist, Progressive, and a few others.
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The short answer would be that the development of Conservative Judaism in Germany was the direct precursor of the Jewish Theological Seminary, even though a pivotal founder was a Sephardic Jew by the name of Sabato Morais. Conservative Judaism, like Reform Judaism in Germany, sought to emulate aspects of gentile service in Germany while still remaining true to Jewish tradition. Look up the "Wissenschaft des Judentums" (Science of Judaism), as expounded by Prof. David N. Myers.
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This is the group of Jews that most would call "pretty religious." Conservative temples conduct a lot of their services in Hebrew, and while their members won't necessarily go to every Friday night or Saturday morning service, they still tend to be pretty religious. Conservative Jews may keep kosher (not eating certain types of meat unless the animal was killed properly).
Conservative Judaism appeared in the middle of the nineteenth and views the Talmud as important as the Bible.
Torah-observant Judaism dates back for a few thousand years. Originally it was simply called "Torah" or living by the Torah. Today it has the additional name of Orthodox Judaism.Orthodox Jews believe that the Torah must be fully observed (Deuteronomy 13:5). They keep the laws of Judaism as codified in the Shulchan Arukh (Code of Jewish Law), which lists the laws of the Torah as explained in the Talmud. Torah-study is seen as very important (Deuteronomy 5:1); and the modern world is seen as subservient to the Torah (Talmud, Nedarim 32a), not the other way around. Jewish laws are not seen as being irrelevant, inconvenient or outmoded.
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judaism has three main branches: orthodox, conservative, and reform. Each branch has a different way of practicing the religion. there is no central authority in judaism, but the Jews follow the Torah (their sacred book) and the rabbis, sort of like priests in Christianity
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No, Judaism has multiple sects including Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist, each with its own beliefs and practices. These sects vary in their interpretations of Jewish law, tradition, and religious observance.
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Benjamin Edidin Scolnic has written:
'Conservative Judaism and the Faces of God's Words (Studies in Judaism)'
'Alcimus, enemy of the Maccabees' -- subject(s): Bible, Criticism, interpretation, History, Jews, Judaism, Maccabees
'If the Egyptians Drowned in the Red Sea Where are Pharaoh's Chariots? Exploring the Historical Dimension of the Bible'
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There are two questions here.
Do Conservative Jews believe in stoning? -- Conservative Judaism has not made any statements concerning the traditional Jewish methods of execution (one of the four being "stoning"), but Conservative Jews and Conservative Judaism as a movement tend to be opposed to capital punishment and have not submitted any petitions seeking to certify or promulgate stoning.
No capital punishments have been carried out by any Jewish sect, Conservative or otherwise, for two thousand years.
Do Conservative Jews believe in child sacrifice? -- No. No sect of Judaism believes in child sacrifice; it is explicitly condemned by the Bible. Leviticus 18:21 and 20:2 prohibit child sacrifices to an idol called Molekh; and other verses such as Ezekiel 16:21, Isaiah 57:5, and 2 Chronicles 28:3 make it clear that any child sacrifice is prohibited.
Leviticus 20:2: (NIV) 2 "Say to the Israelites: 'Any Israelite or any foreigner residing in Israel who sacrifices any of his children to Molekh is to be put to death. The members of the community are to stone him.'"
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Adding somewhat to the response from Prioktan 918, while Orthodox Jews are most likely to accept a conversion supervised by Orthodox rabbis, the Conservative movement is more concerned with the nature of the conversion. If the traditional requirements of study, immersion in a mikveh (ritual bath), circumcision for a man and appearance before a bet din (rabbinic court) are followed, the conversion is likely to be accepted, whether conducted by Conservative, Reconstructionist or Reform rabbi.
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Christianity subgroups--Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant
Judaism subgroups--Orthodox, Conservative, Reform
Islam--Sunni, Shiite
Buddhism--Mahayana, Theravada
There are myriad subgroups of these subgroups and more than I've listed here--please add on--
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It depends on how strictly you define Orthodox Judaism.
Orthodox Jews hold that their form of Judaism is the same form of Judaism practiced by the Biblical Patriarch Abraham. As a result, he is the Founder of Orthodox Judaism.
However, Jews did not go around calling themselves "Orthodox" until Samson Raphael Hirsch coined the term in the 1800s as a response to the Liberal forms of Judaism (Reform and Historical-Conservative) that were contemporaneously developing.
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No human being or body of human beings is in charge of Judaism. There are multiple organizations with varying popularity among Jews, but no one body is in charge of "Judaism" in a general sense. The conservative and reform movements have a more organized system than orthodox Jews, but even there it is not completely clear who is in charge. Somehow all these different groups survive at the same time, and Judaism continues dispite its lack of a higherarchy. Or perhaps because of it.
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Jeffrey S. Gurock is a historian who has written extensively on Jewish and American Jewish history. Some of his notable works include "American Jewish History: A JPS Guide" and "Judaism's Encounter with American Sports".
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