#conservativejudaism — Public Fediverse posts

There's a reason why #ConservativeJudaism has a lot of trouble defining itself.

It is because Conservative Judaism (CJ) fundamentally works differently than the other movements.

Here's how I, as a Conservative Rabbi, understand it right now:

In case Jew missed it, the Conservative movement allows kitnyot on Pesach.

You no longer have to co-opt Sephardic minhag! https://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/sites/default/files/public/halakhah/teshuvot/2011-2020/Levin-Reisner-Kitniyot.pdf #kitnyot #pesach #passover #conservativejudaism #minhag

This was quite interesting.

I’m too tired to look it all up now but I have two basic questions. Maybe someone can help me?:

1. Who decides/how are the rabbis who make #Halacha decisions in Conservative Judaism selected (elected?). How does this fit with the history of rabbinic #Judaism?

2. Reform Judaism’s Responsa are similarly given by a selected/elected body? What’s the process?

https://reformjudaism.org/rise-reform-rabbinate-rabbinic-road-out-wilderness

#ReformJudaism #ConservativeJudaism #Mazeldon

From #ConservativeJudaism, the #RabbinicalAssembly resolves Whereas we are commanded to “not harden your heart and shut your hand against your needy kinsman [we call on the USA to] increase Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (#SNAP) to help millions of families to safely put food on the table; address the scourge of #foodinsecurity among #militaryfamilies by prioritizing the Military Family Basic Needs Allowance

read more at the link -
shorturl.at/swzRU

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#Jewdiverse #Hunger

From #ConservativeJudaism -
The Rabbinical Assembly condemns #Iran for trying to build a #nuclear weapon, and calls upon the President and Congress of the United States, Prime Minister and Parliament of Canada, and governmental officials of all nations, to use every effort to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear capability... the international community must demand that Iran cease threatening the destruction of the State of Israel

https://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/story/resolution-against-irans-nuclear-capability-0

@mazeldon #Mazeldon #Jewdiverse

Where do you see Non-Orthodox and Orthodox Jews collaborating? Heard about #Hazon? They are leading a transformative movement weaving sustainability into the fabric of Jewish life, in order to create a healthier, more sustainable, and more equitable world for all.

https://merrimackvalleyhavurah.wordpress.com/2022/12/23/orthodox-and-non-orthodox-jewish-collaboration/

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#ecological #ecology
#ReformJudaism #OrthodoxJudaism #ConservativeJudaism

Orthodox and Non-Orthodox Jews working together - The Shalom Hartman Institute is a #Jerusalem institute for Jewish thought and education, for scholars, rabbis, educators, and community leaders in #Israel and North America. The goal is to strengthen Jewish identity, enhance the Jewish and democratic character of Israel, and ensure that #Judaism is a compelling force for good in the 21st century.

https://merrimackvalleyhavurah.wordpress.com/2022/12/23/orthodox-and-non-orthodox-jewish-collaboration/

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#ReformJudaism #OrthodoxJudaism #ConservativeJudaism

It's always time for #goodnews - examples of Orthodox and Non-Orthodox Jews working together for the common good :-) The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership (#CLAL) is an interdenominational training institute and resource center, in which rabbis from all major Jewish denominations participate.

https://merrimackvalleyhavurah.wordpress.com/2022/12/23/orthodox-and-non-orthodox-jewish-collaboration/

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#ReformJudaism #OrthodoxJudaism #ConservativeJudaism

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Ekim writes "wow. Which Jews are saying non-Orthodox Jews shouldn’t learn Hasidut?"

We received hateful speech saying that we are misogynist fundamentalists trying to convert people to ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Judaism. Not only clearly false but also wacky. In reality, neo-Hasidic Judaism is growing in #ReformJudaism and #ConservativeJudaism.

Also (and we shouldn't even have to say this) no one should ever hate Hasidic Jews. If someone doesn't want to be one, then just don't be one.

#Hanukkah in a bunker in #Ukraine. Midreshet Schechter (#ConservativeJudaism in #Israel) sent hundreds of Hanukkah care packages. Here a recipient celebrates the holiday of light banishing darkness during wartime.

#TheSchechterInstitutes
#Masorti #Tikvah #Hope
#MidreshetSchechter

Did you know - on several occasions rabbis in Orthodox, Conservative and Reform Judaism worked to heal rifts in our community. If more people know about these enterprises it could inspire our own generation to help restore #Jewishunity

https://merrimackvalleyhavurah.wordpress.com/about/attempts-towards-jewish-unity/

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#OrthodoxJudaism #NonOrthodoxJudaism #ReformJudaism #ConservativeJudaism #Achdut

Where do we see Non-Orthodox and Orthodox #rabbis and lay Jewish leaders working together? Where do we see people creating #Achdut (#JewishUnity) today? We're looking for examples and inspirations!

Here we see Jews from #CLAL, from all denominations, at the Katz Center for Jewish Studies at the Univ. of Pennsylvania

https://katz.sas.upenn.edu/resources/blog/meeting-minds

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#OrthodoxJudaism #NonOrthodoxJudaism #ReformJudaism #ConservativeJudaism

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What upsets some Jews on Mastodon is that they don't want us non-Orthodox Jews to learn Chassidus or even be friends with Orthodox Jews. We however feel that friendship and reading is not threatening. Open your hearts to the many non-Orthodox Jews discovering neo-Hasidut. This is mainstream across #ReformJudaism, #JewishRenewal, and #ConservativeJudaism.

https://merrimackvalleyhavurah.wordpress.com/2021/01/06/neo-hasidism/

#Hanukkah is about counter #antisemitism and resistance to erasure of Jewish identity. Click here for info; please share with friends and #allies

https://merrimackvalleyhavurah.wordpress.com/2020/11/10/hanukkah-is-about-countering-antisemitism-be-aware-of-hanukkah-erasure/

#judaism #ally #intersectional #Jewishculture #Maccabees #Chanukah #ReformJudaism #ConservativeJudaism #OrthodoxJudaism #Hadar #Masorti

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interesting! Have you seen the views and ideas on Jewish in-marriage and inter-marriage from the Leadership Council of Conservative Judaism?

https://merrimackvalleyhavurah.wordpress.com/2015/08/19/722/

#Judaism #Jewishcontinuity #ConservativeJudaism

What's new in Conservative Judaism and from the Rabbinical Assembly? Here are Highlights from Convention 2022

https://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/story/highlights-convention-2022

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#Jewdiverse #Mazeldon #Jewniverse
#Jewish #Judaism #Jews #JewishStudies #Babka #Masorti #ConservativeJudaism #RabbinicalAssembly

What's something meaningful that your rabbi taught you?

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#Jewish #Judaism #Jews
#Torah #OrthodoxJudaism #ConservativeJudaism #ReformJudaism #Masorti #coffeehousetorahtalk #havurah #beitmidrash

Unlike some other religions, Judaism holds that there is no religious exemptions for state-mandated immunizations. Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform rabbis have written responsa on this issue. Many examples are offered here

https://merrimackvalleyhavurah.wordpress.com/2020/12/31/jewish-view-no-religious-exemptions-for-state-mandated-immunizations/

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#Jewish #Judaism #Jews #vaccination #covid #covid19 #vaccines #reformjudaism #orthodoxjudaism #ConservativeJudaism

An intermarried couple joins a synagogue. What are the boundaries for participating in Jewish prayer services? The answer varies significantly among Jewish denominations

https://merrimackvalleyhavurah.wordpress.com/2017/08/18/the-role-of-non-jews-in-the-synagogue/

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#Jewish #Judaism #Jews

#Torah #OrthodoxJudaism #ConservativeJudaism #ReformJudaism #havurah #beitmidrash #intermarriage #synagogues #interfaith

When Europeans went to America they didn’t find ancient manuscripts of Shakespeare: because they were colonisers
Jews in Israel find ancient manuscripts written in Hebrew, the same language they speak today, describing the same rituals they observe: because they’re indigenous.
- Lee Kern

#Jewish #Judaism #Torah #OrthodoxJudaism #ConservativeJudaism #ReformJudaism #havurah #beitmidrash #indigenous #Israel #Zion #Zionism #AshkenaziJews #Ashkenazi #Sephardic #SephardicJews #Mizrachi #MizrachiJew