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Fast Forward Conservative rabbinical school Ziegler pauses admissions, signaling broader overhaul
The LA-based seminary has begun to distance itself from the Conservative movement under new leadership
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Fast Forward Longtime dean of Ziegler School retiring as Conservative seminary plots new course
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson will continue teaching; AJU ponders 'multidenominational' future
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Fast Forward Judaism’s Conservative movement apologizes for decades of discouraging intermarriage, signals new approach
A new report embraces engagement with interfaith families while leaving the ban on clergy officiation in place
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Fast Forward Could a $1,700 rebate change the landscape of Jewish education?
What a national school voucher program in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will mean for American Jews — and why it’s dividing them
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Fast Forward In a first for Conservative Judaism, synagogue allows clergy to participate in interfaith weddings
The policy change at Adath Jeshurun Congregation, a large synagogue in suburban Minneapolis, goes against rules set by the Conservative movement
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Fast Forward Conservative flagship’s first woman chancellor, Shuly Rubin Schwartz, to step down in 2026
Schwartz, who has headed the Jewish Theological Seminary since 2020, says she never intended a “lengthy tenure"
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Fast Forward Conservative movement softens support for two-state solution
The World Zionist Congress elections have put liberal denominations on the spot amid the simmering Israel-Hamas war
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News A congregational rabbi said there were no innocents in Gaza. The blowback was fierce.
Rabbi Jeffrey Abraham's Facebook post upset some congregants. But others shared his sentiment.
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