Conservative Judaism

Conservative Judaism, also known as Masorti Judaism, is a modern denomination of Judaism that arose in United States in the early 1900s, and is characterized by:

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Judaism - United States - 1900

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• A commitment to following traditional Jewish laws and customs
• A deliberately non-fundamentalist teaching of Jewish principles of faith.
• A positive attitude toward modern culture
• An acceptance of both traditional rabbinic modes of study and modern scholarship and critical text study when considering Jewish religious texts.

Conservative Judaism has its roots in the school of thought known as Positive-Historical Judaism, developed in 1850s Germany as a reaction to the more liberal religious positions taken by Reform Judaism. The term conservative was meant to signify that Jews should attempt to conserve Jewish tradition, rather than reform or abandon it, and does not imply the movement's adherents are politically conservative. Because of this potential for confusion, a number of Conservative rabbis have proposed renaming the movement, and outside of the United States of America it is known as Masorti Judaism.

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1850 - Germany - Reform Judaism - Politically conservative - United States of America

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