Conservative Judaism
noun[U]
uk/kənˌsɜː.və.tɪv ˈdʒuː.deɪ.ɪ.zəm/us/kənˌsɝː.və.t̬ɪv ˈdʒuː.di.ɪ.zəm/aformofJudaism,especiallyin the US, that has a lot oftraditionsandfollowsJewishlaw, but not always asstrictlyasOrthodoxJudaism:
ConservativeJudaismwas thecommonchoicefor AmericanJewsleaningtowardtradition.
HefeltincreasinglyalienatedbyconservativeJudaism.
Compare
Orthodox Judaism
Reform Judaism
- ConservativeJudaismteachesthatJewishlawis notstatic, but has alwaysdevelopedinresponsetochangingconditions.
- OrthodoxandConservativeJudaismopposecremation, soOrthodoxandConservativeJewsare usuallyburied.
- Therabbicame to New York City in 1849 andpromotedconservativeJudaismin thefaceof thereformmovement.
Judaism
- bar mitzvah
- bat mitzvah
- cantor
- Chanukah
- Hanukkah
- Jew
- Jewish
- Jewishness
- Jewry
- mohel
- Orthodox Judaism
- paschal
- Passover
- Pentecost
- synagogue
- Talmudic
- the ark
- the Talmud
- the Torah
- unkosher