Conservative Judaism

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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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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

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Fast of the Tenth of Tevet observedBy Conservative Judaism
this entity surface form: Conservative Jews
Jewish theology developedWithin Conservative Judaism
USCJ religiousDenomination Conservative Judaism
USCJ ideology Conservative Judaism
USY religiousDenomination Conservative Judaism
USY ideology Conservative Judaism
United Synagogue Youth affiliation Conservative Judaism
Schechter Institutes religiousOrientation Conservative Judaism
Shir Shel Yom observedBy Conservative Judaism
this entity surface form: Conservative Jews
Solomon Schechter movement Conservative Judaism
Kedushah associatedMovement Conservative Judaism
Conservative Yeshiva religiousMovement Conservative Judaism
Gerson D. Cohen denomination Conservative Judaism
Gerson D. Cohen movement Conservative Judaism
Louis Finkelstein denomination Conservative Judaism
Louis Finkelstein memberOf Conservative Judaism
this entity surface form: Conservative Judaism movement
Saul Lieberman movement Conservative Judaism
Modern Orthodox Judaism contrastedWith Conservative Judaism
Hoshanot denominationalPractice Conservative Judaism
Humash sacredTo Conservative Judaism
Western religions includesReligion Conservative Judaism
Four Species on Sukkot observedBy Conservative Judaism
this entity surface form: Conservative Jews
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Park Synagogue Cleveland Heights denomination Conservative Judaism
Sabato Morais movement Conservative Judaism
The Rabbinical School religiousTradition Conservative Judaism
Zacharias Frankel movement Conservative Judaism
Torah study practicedBy Conservative Judaism
this entity surface form: Conservative Jews
Jewish denominations hasPart Conservative Judaism
Post-denominational Judaism relatedTo Conservative Judaism
Ne’ilah observedBy Conservative Judaism
this entity surface form: Conservative Jews
Bein haMetzarim observedBy Conservative Judaism
this entity surface form: Conservative Jews
Kane Street Synagogue denomination Conservative Judaism
Kane Street Synagogue affiliation Conservative Judaism
this entity surface form: Conservative movement of Judaism
French Jews religiousDenomination Conservative Judaism
Korban Musaf observedBy Conservative Judaism
get (Jewish bill of divorce) requiredBy Conservative Judaism
beit din usedInCommunity Conservative Judaism
beth din usedInCommunity Conservative Judaism
dayan presentInCommunity Conservative Judaism
Congregation Beth Shalom religiousAffiliation Conservative Judaism