Rise and Fall of Conservative Judaism

The rise of Conservative Judaism to be the strongest of Judaic trends and its decline in recent years. How earlier Conservative Jews had strong influence of Orthodox teachings from Europe, and how the new generation has no such influence and turned Conservative Judaism into a declining and radical religion. The new Jews with a heart become Orthodox, as there is nothing else.

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• Judaism
• Conservative
• Haredi

[straygypsy]

By the way..why do you call Torah...."Toyrah" ?

[mons5555]

@straygypsy There are different pronunciations for Hebrew in different lands. TOYRA is how some European Jews pronounced it, and that is how my teachers spoke.

[straygypsy]

Conservatives are becoming..."Conservadox"

[mons5555]

@straygypsy No I believe it is worse than that. The Conservative movement is becoming worse torward Reform, but even in Reform, there is an awareness that something is missing and real religion is required, but that is not what the movement is about. There are Conservatives who want more religion but the movement is going the other way. Things are confused,actually, and even in Orthodoxy there are various trends, but as you mention, there is a lot of pressure to become more religious everywhere.

[straygypsy]

I can easily understand your criticisms against Reform, but Conservatism is not Reform. I am currently undergoing Conservative Conversion where I will be required to have a Bris, Mikvah and a Biet Din appearance. I am also required to read basic Hebrew.

To my knowledge Reform doesn't require a Bris (which is a major part of Jewish Conversion). I will take a pro-Zionist Conservative Synagogue over an Orthodox Synagogue that doesn't recognize Israel as a state any day!