Judaism and the future of religion in America: the situation of Conservative Judaism today.(Editorial)

Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought | June 22, 2005| | Copyright

Conservative Judaism in the early years of the twenty-first century confronts a complex set of challenges. Whereas fifty years ago, it was the movement preferred by the plurality of American Jews, doubling and then tripling the numbers of its affiliated congregations in little over a decade, it has long ceased growing, and in fact now suffers from an erosion in its membership. According to the National Jewish Population Study of 2000-2001, some 35 percent of Jews raised in the Conservative movement identify as Reform Jews and another 9 percent as Orthodox. Not surprisingly, ...

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