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.

|ByADAM POLLACK / JTA
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

The shift marks a significant change in tone for a movement that long treated intermarriage as a threat to Jewish continuity.

|ByASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA
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

Let’s use our unique tradition of disagreement, debate, and conversation across difference to explore new solutions where we’ve been stuck for at least the past two years. 

|ByEMILY JAEGER
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Conservative rabbi resigns from movement after facing punishment for performing intermarriages

The third-generation Conservative rabbi resigned, stating he believes helping Jews who marry outside their religion is part of a rabbi’s duty to bless and embrace all.

|ByASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA

Bezalel Smotrich calls Reform, Conservative Jews 'brothers'

Religious Zionist Party leader praises Anglo immigrants to Israel for "knowing what it means to pay a price for their values"

MARCH 3, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
MK BEZALEL SMOTRICH speaks during a Knesset plenary session on August 24.

Racist election campaign ad by Haredi UTJ compares Jewish converts to dogs

The video, titled 'Bark Mitzva' shows pictures of dogs with kippot (skullcaps), insinuating that the court ruling was so expansive and lenient that it would allow dogs to convert.

MARCH 3, 2021BySARAH BEN-NUN, YONAH JEREMY BOB
'Only UTJ will guard your Judaism', the party's campaign poster states

Jewish NGOs celebrate 'long overdue' Israeli conversion decision

Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, said the decision "reflects the diversity and vibrancy of Jewish life in Israel and around the world.”

MARCH 2, 2021ByOMRI NAHMIAS
A screen capture of the live stream feed from a hearing at the High Court of Justice

Court rules: Recognize Reform, Conservative conversions done in Israel for citizenship

High Court historic decision enrages the Chief Rabbinate and Orthodox political parties.

MARCH 1, 2021ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, JEREMY SHARON
SUPREME COURT justices arrive for a session at the Supreme Court earlier this week.

Conversion ruling inevitable clash of democracy with sectarian monopoly

During those fifty years, calls for greater religious pluralism for non-Orthodox Jews in Israel have grown ever louder,

MARCH 1, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON
At the ceremony marking the 100th ordination of a graduate from Hebrew Union College’s Israeli Reform rabbinical program

Can't blame court: Knesset failed to settle conversion for 15 years

he court’s decision on Monday basically balances out the existing situation, recognizing conversions performed in Israel as well.

MARCH 1, 2021ByYAAKOV KATZ
Reform Jews pray in Jerusalem [Illustrative]_311

Orthodox rabbis should speak to other streams of Judaism - opinion

Though their ideologies were threatening to Orthodoxy many, many decades ago, that is no longer the case.

JANUARY 19, 2021ByHESHIE BILLET
Orthodox Jews arrive during the 13th Siyum HaShas, a celebration marking the completion of the Daf Yomi, a seven-and-a-half-year cycle of studying texts from the Talmud, the canon of Jewish religious law, at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.

In defense inter-denominational Jewish dialogue - opinion

"In our dialogue, I learned from these non-Orthodox rabbis about tikkun olam and interfaith work which has largely been forgotten by Orthodoxy."

NOVEMBER 22, 2020BySHLOMO RISKIN
Reform rabbis in Jerusalem. [File]

Rabbis make welcome call for Jewish unity

The Jewish people cannot afford to be divided at a time when there is growing global antisemitism and attacks on Israel.

NOVEMBER 22, 2020ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Some 15,000 people take in Acheinu's Day of Jewish Unity at the Western Wall in 2017.

Birds o’ Baka

Birds can’t close their windows and turn on their air conditioners like we can.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020ByHANOCH NE'EMAN
‘THE ‘KEETS and the crows like the same trees, but not at the same time.’