This is the Forward’s coverage of Conservative Judaism, one of the three major streams of U.S. Judaism. Conservative Jews are generally more observant than Reform Jews but less so than Orthodox Jews. The movement is led by the…
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News Reform movement unveils new logos and ‘artistic, abstract’ branding
The Union for Reform Judaism and Religious Action Center have new logos that feature creative lettering rather than Jewish iconography
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Fast Forward Conservative movement maintains its ban on officiating at intermarriages but urges its rabbis to engage more with interfaith families
A new report from the movement recommends cultural and policy changes to “empower Conservative/Masorti rabbis and congregations to more fully embrace interfaith couples"
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News To welcome interfaith couples, this Conservative synagogue hired a cantor to marry them
Congregation Shirat Hayam in Massachusetts sheds light on one implication of a changing rabbinic marketplace
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Fast Forward Conservative movement is suspending its Israel gap-year program, citing budget woes and ‘recruitment challenges’
This year’s Nativ program launched only after an urgent fundraising appeal last spring
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Fast Forward Conservative Judaism’s flagship in mourning after death of 3 influential scholars
Samuel Klagsbrun, Israel Francus and Avraham Holtz were former members of the faculty of the Jewish Theological Seminary
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News Antisemites, right-wingers, progressives … the ADL takes heat from all sides
The Anti-Defamation League is the most prominent organization fighting antisemitism. It’s also fighting a wide array of critics.
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News Conservative movement’s ban on rabbis officiating at interfaith weddings will stand
The Rabbinical Assembly wants to help Conservative rabbis speak to interfaith couples, even if they can’t officiate their weddings
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Opinion Never mind electric cars. The Conservative movement has bigger problems
How you get to shul is not as important as whether you live a Jewish life
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