Category: Conservative Judaism

Reflections on Death (1973)

Heschel writes in 1973 in "Reflections on Death": Life here and now is the task. Every moment can be an achievement.

Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel September 22, 2024 CJ Journal - 1945-1959 Confronting Death

Introduction to the Kaddish: For Those who Died in the Israeli War (1957)

Written by S.Y. Agnon in the Conservative Judaism Journal for those who died in the War of 1948, these words are especially fitting today.

Shmuel Yosef Agnon September 20, 2024 CJ Journal - 1945-1959 Conservative Judaism Journal

Why Conservative Judaism Changed Sacrifices in the Prayer Book

Explore why Conservative Judaism changed the language of the sacrifices in the prayer book. It shows more about the Movement.

Rabbi Jeremy Markiz July 23, 2024 Conservative Judaism Every Day

On Changes in Judaism (1845)

Rabbi Zecharias Frankel in 1845 explores the nature of Judaism as it faces progress and highlights the nature of change in Judaism.

Rabbi Zecharias Frankel z''l July 17, 2024 Conservative Judaism Core Conservative Judaism Ideas

Democracy in Post-Biblical Judaism (1948)

Rabbi Greenberg writes, many ideas matured in rabbinic thought, particularly "group of ethical values usually associated with the concept of Democracy."

Rabbi Simon Greenberg z''l July 2, 2024 CJ Journal - 1945-1959 Conservative Judaism

The Biblical Basis of Democracy (1948)

Rabbi Gordis writes, "the main current of Biblical thought and Jewish tradition is fundamentally democratic..."

Rabbi Robert Gordis z''l July 2, 2024 CJ Journal - 1945-1959 Conservative Judaism

Tisha Be-Av In Rome, Under the Arch of Titus (1949)

Rabbi Abramowitz z''l: "...Tish'a be-Av amid the ruins of the Roman Empire [was] fraught with inner meaning and significance...in 1948"

Rabbi Meyer Abramowitz z''l June 30, 2024 CJ Journal - 1945-1959 Conservative Judaism Journal

A Conservative Jew in Jerusalem

What is it like being a Conservative Jew in Jerusalem and how do we understand the holiness of the holiest place in the world?

Emily Jaeger December 26, 2023 Conservative Judaism Israel

Ani Ma’amin: Conservative Judaism as a Dynamic Force

Rabbi Artson shares his "Ani Ma'amin," the credo that he recites every day as he things about Conservative Judaism as a dynamic force.

Rabbi Dr. Bradley Shavit Artson December 19, 2023 Blessings Conservative Judaism

Distinctive Emphasis in Conservative Judaism: Vis-a-Vis the Halakha (1952)

Rabbi Max L. Forman z"' wrote: "the formulation of a dynamic approach to Jewish law; not to a corpus or platform, but to a methodology."

Rabbi Max Leon Forman z"l June 29, 2023 CJ Journal - 1945-1959 Conservative Judaism

Conservative Judaism as a Unifying Force (1949)

Rabbi Max Arzt z"l wrote, "Its realistic and reverential attitude to tradition is animated by a profound concern for Jewish unity..."

Rabbi Max Arzt z"l June 28, 2023 CJ Journal - 1945-1959 Conservative Judaism

When Using Tribal Distinctions, How Might Women Be Called Up for Aliyot?

While writing a teshuvah on changing our language for aliyot to kohenet from bat kohen, Rabbi David J Fine, PhD, reflects on egalitarianism.

Rabbi David J Fine, PhD April 30, 2023 Blessings CJLS