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Encyclopedia > United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
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The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (or USCJ; until 1992, it was the United Synagogue of America) is the official organization of synagogues practicing Conservative Judaism in North America. It closely works with the Rabbinical Assembly, the international body of Conservative Rabbis, and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the primary seminary of the Conservative movement. Jump to: navigation, search 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Conservative Judaism (or Masorti Judaism) is a denomination of Judaism characterized by: A positive attitude toward modern culture The belief that traditional rabbinic modes of study, and modern scholarship and critical text study, are both valid ways to learn about and from Jewish religious texts. ... Originally set up as the alumni association of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS), the Rabbinical Assembly (RA) is the official, international body of Conservative rabbis, with some 1400 members. ... Rabbi (Classical Hebrew רִבִּי ribbī;; modern Ashkenazi and Israeli רַבִּי rabbī) in Judaism, means teacher, or more literally great one. The word Rabbi is derived from the Hebrew root-word RaV, which in biblical Hebrew means great or distinguished,. In the ancient Judean schools the sages were addressed as רִבִּי (Ribbi or Rebbi... The Jewish Theological Seminary of America The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, known in the Jewish community simply as JTS, is the academic and spiritual center of Conservative Judaism, and is the movements main rabbinical seminary. ...

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Role and Description

The USCJ has over 800 congregations. The USCJ works in the fields of Jewish education, youth activities, congregational standards and action and Israel affairs, and published the magazine United Synagogue Review.


Projects

The United Synagogue sponsors a youth group, United Synagogue Youth (USY). There are chapters all over the United States and Canada. The USY Logo United Synagogue Youth is the youth movement of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism or USCJ. United Synagogue Youth, more commonly known as USY, is an international youth group all over the United States, Canada and Israel dedicated to creating a fun, educational environment where Jewish teenagers... The USY Logo United Synagogue Youth is the youth movement of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism or USCJ. United Synagogue Youth, more commonly known as USY, is an international youth group all over the United States, Canada and Israel dedicated to creating a fun, educational environment where Jewish teenagers...


The USCJ sponsors Koach, the organization for Conservative Judaism on college campuses. The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (or USCJ; until 1992, it was the United Synagogue of America) is the official organization of synagogues practicing Conservative Judaism in North America. ...


The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism is an organizational member of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, which advocates gun control. The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence or CSGV is a non-partisan group of 45 organizations and 100,000 individual members founded in 1974 that seeks to ban handguns and assault weapons in the United States. ...


See also

Conservative Judaism (or Masorti Judaism) is a denomination of Judaism characterized by: A positive attitude toward modern culture The belief that traditional rabbinic modes of study, and modern scholarship and critical text study, are both valid ways to learn about and from Jewish religious texts. ... The USY Logo United Synagogue Youth is the youth movement of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism or USCJ. United Synagogue Youth, more commonly known as USY, is a youth group with members from the United States and Canada dedicated to creating a fun, educational environment where Jewish teenagers can... The Jewish Theological Seminary of America The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, known in the Jewish community simply as JTS, is one of the academic and spiritual centers of Conservative Judaism. ... Originally set up as the alumni association of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS), the Rabbinical Assembly (RA) is the official, international body of Conservative rabbis, with some 1400 members. ...

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Conservative Judaism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2304 words)
Conservative Jews are comfortable with the findings of higher criticism, including the documentary hypothesis, the idea that the current text of the Torah was redacted together from several earlier sources.
Conservative Judaism is a unified movement; the international body of Conservative rabbis is the Rabbinical Assembly (RA), the organization of synagogues is the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ), and the primary seminary and cantorial school is the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS) in New York City.
Conservative Judaism maintains the Rabbinic understanding of Jewish identity: A Jew is someone who was born to a Jewish mother, or who converts to Judaism in accordance with Jewish law and tradition.
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