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Modern Conservative Judaism: Evolving Thought and Practice

Modern Conservative Judaism: Evolving Thought and Practice

Schonfeld, Julie
Dorff, Elliot N.

Paperback

Series: JPS Anthologies of Jewish Thought

Judaism

ISBN10: 0827613105
ISBN13: 9780827613102
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
Published: Jun 1 2018
Pages: 484
Weight: 1.55
Height: 1.08 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A major Conservative movement leader of our time, Elliot N. Dorff provides a personal, behind-the-scenes guide to the evolution of Conservative Jewish thought and practice over the last half century. His candid observations concerning the movement's ongoing tension between constancy and change shed light on the sometimes unified, sometimes diverse, and occasionally contentious reasoning behind the modern movement's most important laws, policies, and documents. Meanwhile, he has assembled, excerpted, and contextualized the most important historical and internal documents in modern Conservative movement history for the first time in one place, enabling readers to consider and compare them all in context.

In Part 1: God Dorff explores various ways that Conservative Jews think about God and prayer. In Part 2: Torah he considers different approaches to Jewish study, law, and practice; changing women's roles; bioethical rulings on issues ranging from contraception to cloning; business ethics; ritual observances from online minyanim to sports on Shabbat; moral issues from capital punishment to protecting the poor; and nonmarital sex to same-sex marriage. In Part 3: Israel he examines Zionism, the People Israel, and rabbinic rulings in Israel.

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