Conservative Judaism

This study outlines a Jewish movement that has adopted "tradition and change" as its motto, which we can evaluate within American Judaism.

Conservative Judaism is the most respected of middle-class American Jews in the 20th century, who, unlike Reformist Jews, accepts the binding nature of traditional Jewish Sharia (Halaqa) and, on the other hand, does not think like Orthodox Jews and accepts that Halaka can be stretched and interpreted according to new conditions, and takes a middle path between these two groups. It is a Jewish religious movement.

Its historical background dates back to the Reformists' opposition to radical decisions that shook Judaism to its core, such as the rejection of Hebrew as the language of worship in Germany (1845). The ideological leader of the movement is Zacharias Frankel, who is considered a defender of the Historical School. The movement continued its existence in America after German Jews, including Frankel's students, immigrated to America. The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) in New York, which started education in 1886, is the most important institution of the movement that trains rabbis. Solomon Schechter is the most important leader of JTS and was the philosophical father of the movement in the United States. Today, around one million Conservative Jews live in the United States.

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Size: 13.5 x 21

First Printing Year: 2017

Number of Printings: 1st Edition

Number of Pages: 232