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Op-Ed: Why Conservative Judaism should accept patrilineal Jews

When a couple with a patrilineal Jewish partner gets married, do we want a Conservative rabbi standing with them under the huppah, a rabbi from a more liberal movement or no rabbi at all? asks the executive director of the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs.

By Charles Simon November 25, 2015 4:05 pm

Major American Jewish religious streams back continued refugee settlement

With the Conservative movement joining in, organizational Jewish support for allowing continued refugee settlement is almost unanimous.

November 22, 2015 6:42 am

Amid identity crisis, Conservative Jews pay for rebranding

Conservative leaders are trying to appeal to a new generation of American Jews without compromising their core values or becoming a Reform near-facsimile.

November 20, 2015 10:29 am