The search for a usable future.(Conservative Judaism)

From: Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life andThought | Date: June 22, 2005| Author: Starr, David | Copyright information

In reflecting upon Conservative (or Positive-Historical Judaism), I begin with its history in the person of Solomon Schechter. That is one way to understand its accomplishments, ideas and values, its tensions and contradictions, and its current condition and cloudy and uncertain future. When we look at Conservative Judaism we see a movement without an ideology, or perhaps a movement that contains divisions so deep it is hard to see how the disparate parts can be reconciled into some...

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