Questions tagged [conservative-judaism]
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Are non-Orthodox marriages recognized by Orthodox rabbis?
Let's suppose a couple was married by a Reform rabbi in a standard reform ceremony (with egalitarian ketubah, and many other modifications to traditional kiddushin). If the couple later become baalei ...
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What's the deal with female Rabbis?
1) Is there a concrete halachic (Biblical?Rabbinic?) basis for women not being permitted to become Rabbis?
2) After 2000+ years, what changed so the JTS's Commission in 1979 decided that they can?
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Should a non-Orthodox Jew wear tzitzit or not?
It seems obvious to me that in general it’s better to keep more mitzvot rather than fewer, but wearing tzitzit seems like a special case. I’ve asked rabbis in my community about this, but I want to ...
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Why do many non-Orthodox Jews come to shul regularly only after a parent's death? [closed]
I attend a Conservative / traditional shul. Primarily because of neighborhood demographics (the neighborhood is now largely Orthodox), we have tremendous problems forming a daily minyan. It seems that ...
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What are Orthodox arguments against Conservative Judaism?
What are arguments that Orthodox Jews have published (not on Mi Yodeya) that Conservative Judaism is an invalid form of Judaism?
Have any Orthodox authors written articles or books that made such ...
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Is anyone against the rational teachings of Maimonides?
I am new to Judaism and am intrigued by Maimonides and his teachings but I do not know the opinions of this particular teacher - a man of such vigor and influence - by the many different congregations ...
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How do members of a given denomination understand what happens on events from other denominations?
I watched a UsefulChart video on Jewish denominations, which I found very educative as an atheist interested in history.
It was not clear however whether the various denominations can share/understand ...
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Can one sign as a witness on a Conservative/ Reform Ketubah?
Was at a Conservative friend's house the other day, and noticed the Ketubah from their wedding on their wall. I went to look at it and saw 4 witnesses had signed it: 2 men & 2 women.
If an ...
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May Conversative man "up-convert" to marry Orthodox girl?
I'm writing a story where a young man raised in a devout Conservative family risks suicidal odds to rescue an Orthodox girl who fell onto the subway tracks hurting her ankle, who is about to be ...
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Converting Conservative Online
There seems to be plenty of websites that offer online conversion to Conservative Judaism. Are these real? Has anyone done this? Is it a scam?
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