Conservative Judaism

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Jewish religious movement denomination of Judaism

Conservative Judaism is a modern Jewish religious movement that seeks to conserve Jewish tradition and law while allowing for historical scholarship and limited adaptation to contemporary life.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Conservative Jews 11
Masorti Judaism 3
Conservative Judaism (journal) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish religious movement ⓘ
denomination of Judaism ⓘ
aimsTo conserve Jewish law ⓘ
conserve Jewish tradition ⓘ
allowsFor historical scholarship ⓘ
limited adaptation to contemporary life ⓘ
approachToScripture accepts divine inspiration with historical development ⓘ
differsFrom Orthodox Judaism in approach to halakhic change ⓘ
Reform Judaism in view of binding nature of halakha ⓘ
emergedInCentury 19th century ⓘ
emergedInRegion Europe ⓘ
emphasizes Hebrew liturgy ⓘ
Jewish peoplehood ⓘ
halakhic observance ⓘ
historical development of Jewish law ⓘ
encourages Jewish education ⓘ
observance of Shabbat ⓘ
observance of kashrut ⓘ
regular synagogue attendance ⓘ
hasClergyTitle hazzan ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Jewish Theological Seminary of America ⓘ
Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies ⓘ
hasEthicalEmphasis Jewish ethical monotheism ⓘ
hasLegalAuthority Rabbinical Assembly ⓘ
surface form: Committee on Jewish Law and Standards
hasMembershipBase primarily in North America ⓘ
hasPositionOn Jewish law and modernity ⓘ
hasRabbinicBody Rabbinical Assembly ⓘ
hasSynagogueUnion United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism ⓘ
liturgicalLanguage Hebrew ⓘ
vernacular languages ⓘ
majorCenter Israel ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
nameVariant Masorti movement ⓘ
surface form: Masorti Judaism
organizationallyAssociatedWith Masorti movement ⓘ
permits egalitarian worship in many congregations ⓘ
mixed-gender seating in most congregations ⓘ
ordination of women as rabbis in many regions ⓘ
recognizes State of Israel as central to Jewish life ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
supports Jewish pluralism ⓘ
Zionism ⓘ
theologicalOrientation middle ground between Orthodox Judaism and Reform Judaism ⓘ
uses critical study of Jewish texts ⓘ
usesPrayerBook Siddur ⓘ
surface form: Siddur Sim Shalom
usesText Talmud ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
halakhic responsa ⓘ
viewsHalakhaAs binding but historically evolving ⓘ

Referenced by (49)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Masorti movement → associatedWith → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Conservative Judaism in North America
Mishnah → authorityIn → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
Talmud → authorityIn → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
Orthodox Judaism → contrastsWith → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
JTS → denomination → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
subject surface form: Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Lecha Dodi → denominationalUse → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
Tur → denominationalUse → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
Vidui (confessional prayer) → denominationalUse → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
Reform Judaism → differsFrom → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
Judaism → hasDenomination → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
Judaism → hasDenomination → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masorti Judaism
mezuzah → hasLegalStatusIn → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
Contemporary Judaism → hasMovement → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
Jews → hasReligiousDenomination → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
Jews → hasReligiousDenomination → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masorti Judaism
Jewish diaspora → hasReligiousExpression → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
Jewish diaspora → hasReligiousExpression → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masorti Judaism
Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora → hasReligiousMovement → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
Rabbinic Judaism → includesMovement → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
Abraham Joshua Heschel → movement → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
Pikuach nefesh → normativeIn → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
Halakha → observedBy → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Conservative Jews
Kabbalat Shabbat → observedBy → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Conservative Jews
Neilah → observedBy → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Conservative Jews
Nine Days → observedBy → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Conservative Jews
Purim Katan → observedBy → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Conservative Jews
Seventeenth of Tammuz → observedBy → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Conservative Jews
Ten Days of Repentance → observedBy → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Conservative Jews
Three Weeks → observedBy → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Conservative Jews
Yom Tov (Jewish festival days) → observedBy → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
subject surface form: Yom Tov
this entity surface form: Conservative Jews
Rabbinical Assembly → parentOrganization → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Conservative movement in Judaism
Beit midrash → practicedBy → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Conservative Jews
Rabbi → presentInBranch → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
Rabbinical Assembly → publishes → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Conservative Judaism (journal)
Rabbinical Assembly → religiousAffiliation → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
Czech Jews → religiousDenomination → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
Jewish Americans → religiousDenomination → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
JTS → religiousTradition → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
subject surface form: Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Aleinu → usedBy → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
tefillin → usedBy → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Conservative Jews
Beit din → usedIn → Conservative Judaism ⓘ
Rashi → veneratedIn → Conservative Judaism ⓘ