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


American Jewish University selling ‘all or part’ of Los Angeles campus

The campus in the Bel-Air neighborhood is home to the Conservative Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies.

An aerial view of American Jewish University's Sunny & Isadore Familian Campus in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles

The Great Resignation could leave synagogues without leaders

If synagogues can’t be reasonably assured of rabbis from within the movement, why should they continue to pay dues to belong to it?

 Rabbis are leaving their jobs in unusually large numbers as the pandemic enters its third year.

Pluralism is not Jewish? - Opinion

Many Jewish sources which favor unity are opposed to uniformity. Bemidbar Rabbah (13:15,16) for example, affirms that 'there are 70 faces to the Torah.'

World Zionist Organization chairman Yaakov Hagoel with newly elected President Isaac Herzog in July, at a ceremony in honor of Herzog’s departure as chairman of the Jewish Agency.

Does Israel funding Conservative, Reform Jews threaten Jewish identity? - opinion

Israel’s Diaspora Affairs minister today celebrates the funding of progressive groups and causes whose same antipathy for religion and tradition have decimated mainstream Judaism in America.

American Jews [Illustrative]

All streams of Judaism have beauty, Oded Revivi is right - opinion

The haredi viewpoint has beauty, as does that of the Reform Movement, of secular Judaism, and of the entire spectrum of Modern Orthodoxy

THE WRITER, at the time serving as CEO of the Masorti Movement in Israel, attends a High Court hearing in 2018 regarding egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall.

Rabbi Stav: Israel threatened by division without conversion legislation

JPost One-on-One Zoomcast, Episode 39: Jeremy Sharon and Chief Rabbi of Shoham Rabbi David Stav on decentralizing authority over Jewish conversion.

Chief rabbis gathered to discuss reforms to the conversion and kashrut system

Israeli minister attends Shabbat services at NY Conservative synagogue

Yoaz Hendel, who is Orthodox, attended the Sutton Place Synagogue in order to make a point about inclusivity and Israel’s ties with Diaspora Jews of all denominations.

COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER and Derech Eretz Party chairman Yoaz Hendel.

Conservative movement publicly lists rabbis it has expelled and suspended

The decision to publish a list of expelled and suspended rabbis comes as the Conservative movement — along with other Jewish denominations — grapples with how to handle ethical failures by clergy.

 Jewish women pray outside a synagogue during a forgivness tour (Selichot)

ADL and conservative synagogues partner to combat antisemitism

The partnership will deliver education materials to congregation members, and, in coordination with Secure Community Network, increase reporting and response to antisemitic incidents.

The B’nai Jeshurun Conservative Synagogue in Manhattan

Conservative movement to investigate sexual abuse allegations

Following allegations of sexual abuse, the Conservative movement announced it would implement new safety measures and investigate how program officials have handled complaints.

 USY members celebrate at the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism's 2015 convention.