Conservative Judaism

JERUSALEM — The Conservative Jewish seminary in Israel says it will allow gays and lesbians to become rabbis, overcoming years of opposition by ...

By Naomi Zeveloff The Jewish Daily Forward Rachel Brook, a 29-year-old vocalist living in Brooklyn, was born to a Jewish Israeli father and a non-...

Particularly in an age where debate around Godlessness is coming squarely into the mainstream of Western thought, I don't think the question of belief is going to be settled anytime soon.

When I went to seminary, I was surprised to discover how little information there was about sexuality in my courses. Today, the landscape at U.S. seminaries, divinity and rabbinical schools is shifting toward increased sexuality education.

At 15-years-old, I found myself crawling through the desert in a combat simulation, part of a weeklong military training program during my six-week United Synagogue Youth teen tour in Israel.

As a straight ally, I want my LGBT family and friends to have all the same freedoms I have. I see progress every day.

Every Wednesday, Rabbi Yael Buechler prepares to teach Midrash, the Jewish tradition of Bible interpretation, to 19 middle school girls at a Jewish da...

Just as women's inclusion in the life of the Conservative synagogue was an imperative, is it not of vital importance that we advocate for the inclusion of men to counteract the attrition that is taking place?

Six words that might get you yo WANT to go to services this year. Performed live at 92YTribeca as part of Smith Magazine's Six-Word Story Show on The Jewish Life.

The experience of coupling motherhood with a career is something women fought for in the last century. And Judaism is the better for it.

As acceptance of intermarriage continues to grow in the organized Jewish community, I'm hopeful that separation between the issues of intermarriage and conversion will continue.

Conservative Judaism has long waved the banner of "Tradition and Change." If that is to continue to be the mantra, then there must be a response to the change.

In many Jewish gatherings of professionals and lay leaders, fingers are being pointed at the synagogue as an increasingly irrelevant institution.

By Nicole Neroulias Religion News Service NEW YORK (RNS) What does it really mean for your Hebrew National hot dog to "answer to a higher authority?"...

Today's 20- and 30-year-olds are searching for meaning in Judaism, but they aren't very concerned with the names of movements or synagogues.

While Israel is becoming more and more of a Jewish state in the sense of religious orthodoxy, it is less and less the state of the Jewish people.