September 14, 2007

Why Reform and Not Conservative? A Difference...

Ismar Schorsch, Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary, identifies and explores seven core values of Conservative Judaism in his monograph, "The Sacred Cluster: The Core Values of Conservative Judaism." According to Schorsch, the core values of Conservative Judaism are:

1 The Centrality of Modern Israel
2 Hebrew: The Irreplaceable Language of Jewish Expression
3 Devotion to the Ideal of Klal Yisrael
4 The Defining Role of Torah in the Reshaping of Judaism
5 The Study of Torah
6 The Governance of Jewish Life by Halakha
7 Belief in God

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