Conservative judaism

Meet the Connecticut dad and children’s book author who won a JFK Jr. lookalike contest

“He was Catholic. I’m Jewish. I married a Jew. He married a goy,” joked Andrew Ginsburg, who has been inundated with comments that he resembles the late John F. Kennedy Jr. since he was 22.

Andrew Ginsburg celebrates after winning a JFK Jr. look-alike competition in the West Village.
Rabbi Gesa Ederberg is installed as the president of the Rabbinical Assembly at Congregation Beth Sholom in Teaneck, New Jersey, March 11, 2026.

Berlin rabbi makes history as first European to head Conservative rabbis’ association

Smartphone shows a missile alert, in Mishmar David, Feb. 28.

Shabbat under fire: Navigating Jewish law, missile alerts in Israel during war - opinion

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

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


High Court conversion decision is symbolic, significant and honorable

The decision does honor to the country’s identity as a Jewish and democratic state.

SUPREME COURT justices arrive for a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem last month.

Israel's conversion ruling: What it does and doesn’t do

RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: The ruling, as significant as it may be, does not solve the question that has dogged the country since its establishment: Who is a Jew?

PEOPLE WALK past the Religious Services Ministry office in Jerusalem. At most, this week’s High Court ruling widens the scope of who can become an Israeli through immigration.

As Orthodox rabbis, we support the court's conversion ruling - opinion

The Supreme Court decision has the potential to bring us closer, allowing Jews from all streams to feel part of the destiny of Am Yisrael.

High Court of Justice May 3, 2020

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"

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.

'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.”

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.

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,

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.

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.

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.