Conservative judaism

Conservative Judaism’s new line on intermarriage is a great start. What comes next is key - opinion

Belonging is not declared. It is rebuilt and demonstrated, slowly, through consistency, humility, and courage. If the movement is willing to do that work, genuine repair is possible.

  Conservative Judaism has been trying to chart a middle path between Jewish tradition and acceptance of the reality of interfaith families.
A chuppah for a Jewish wedding

Judaism’s Conservative movement apologizes for decades of discouraging intermarriage

PRO-ISRAELI ACTIVISTS argue with pro-Palestinian demonstrators at a protest in New York in 2025.

Yom Kippur: What Mishnah Yoma teaches about Jewish unity and public conflict

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Conservative rabbi resigns from movement after facing punishment for performing intermarriages


In a first for Conservative Judaism, synagogue allows clergy to participate in interfaith weddings

Such weddings would take place outside the synagogue and be officiated by someone who is not clergy, such as a friend, relative, or judge.

  Conservative Judaism has been trying to chart a middle path between Jewish tradition and acceptance of the reality of interfaith families.

A historic moment: UK's Liberal and Reform movements unify as Progressive Judaism

The CEOs of the two movements spoke to the Jerusalem Post about the journey to unification, and the 'profound optimism in deciding to work together.'

 Rabbi Josh Levy and Rabbi Charley Baginsky say a prayer for the formation of a new movement

Counting every day: Iyar's message of healing, hope, and seeing prophecies come true – opinion

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Israelis visit the Western Wall in 1967 after its opening to the public following the Six Day War

Jewish Theological Seminary, Conservative Judaism’s flagship, launches an MFA for writers

The program emerges as Jewish writers report facing hostility in publishing circles following October 7, 2023.

 Jewish Theological Seminary of American

Columbia University students can now spend their dining dollars at JTS’s kosher café

JTS, the Conservative Jewish seminary, now accepts Columbia University dining points at its kosher cafeteria, offering students an additional dining option amid campus tensions.

 Columbia University students can now use their meal plan dollars at the Jewish Theological Seminary's kosher dining hall.

More than 50 NY rabbis implore Eric Adams and Kathy Hochul to oppose mass deportations

More than 50 NYC rabbis and cantors urge Mayor Adams and Gov. Hochul to resist federal immigration crackdowns amid mounting political tensions and calls for Adams' resignation.

 An Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent prepares to arrest alleged undocumented immigrants in Salem, Mass., June 19, 2018.

Christian monk, Jewish convert, Israeli: One man's journey to Judaism

William Karon’s spiritual path to Judaism was generations in the making.

 WILLIAM (second right) at his ‘huppah,’ with his wife at their wedding.

Jerusalem's Yaar Ramot Synagogue faces ongoing harassment from Haredi extremists

In a heated confrontation in Jerusalem's Yaar Ramot neighborhood, Haredi extremists have launched a campaign against the Conservative synagogue, Kehilat Yaar Ramot.

 The Kehilat Yaar Ramot Synagogue

Tisha B’Av: A tragic fast day more relevant than ever - opinion

'Any generation in which the Temple is not rebuilt is considered as if they themselves have destroyed it' (Talmud Yerushalmi Yoma 1:1).

 Israel marks Tisha B'Av, a day of fasting and lament, in Jerusalem.

Hadar’s new plan has it minting rabbis, opening synagogues. Is it a denomination now?

Over time, Hadar’s brand of “traditional egalitarian” study and observance gained adherents and its programs reached a broader class of Jewish laypeople, professionals and educators.

Yael Jaffe, a member of Hadar's first cohort of rabbinic ordinees, learns in the New York beit midrash, or study hall, of the Jewish learning and programming center.

Rabbi Benjamin Segal: A 50-year Jerusalemite, scholar, and community founder

Jerusalemite of the Week: In Jerusalem sat down with Rabbi Benjamin Segal to talk about his half a century in Jerusalem. 

 Rabbi Benjamin Segal