Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The branch of Judaism that allows for modifications in Jewish law when authorized by the Conservative rabbinate.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun Jews who keep some of the requirements of the Mosaic law but allow for adaptation of other requirements (as some of the dietary laws) to fit modern circumstances
- noun beliefs and practices of Conservative Jews
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Examples
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In the past 10 years alone, I have tried meditation groups, Buddhism, Agape, Conservative Judaism, shamanism and many more.
Holly Sidell: To Return To Yourself Holly Sidell 2011
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The drive toward egalitarianism began in Conservative Judaism nearly 30 years ago.
Rabbi Charles Simon: The Next Wave Of Jewish Feminism: Engaging Jewish Men In Communal Life Rabbi Charles Simon 2011
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In the past 10 years alone, I have tried meditation groups, Buddhism, Agape, Conservative Judaism, shamanism and many more.
Holly Sidell: To Return To Yourself Holly Sidell 2011
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In the past 10 years alone, I have tried meditation groups, Buddhism, Agape, Conservative Judaism, shamanism and many more.
Holly Sidell: To Return To Yourself Holly Sidell 2011
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The drive toward egalitarianism began in Conservative Judaism nearly 30 years ago.
Rabbi Charles Simon: The Next Wave Of Jewish Feminism: Engaging Jewish Men In Communal Life Rabbi Charles Simon 2011
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In the past 10 years alone, I have tried meditation groups, Buddhism, Agape, Conservative Judaism, shamanism and many more.
Holly Sidell: To Return To Yourself Holly Sidell 2011
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No details on how the couple will navigate these religious shoals have leaked out, just a few tantalizing hints -- such as Chelsea's attendance with Marc at Yom Kippur services last September at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, the flagship institute for Conservative Judaism.
Chelsea Clinton Wedding Update: Will The Bride Convert? 2010
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It also has a specific theological meaning within the Jewish religion which is consistent among all schools of Orthodox Judaism and more or less with Conservative Judaism and somewhat modified by ReconstructionistJudaism.
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No details on how the couple will navigate these religious shoals have leaked out, just a few tantalizing hints -- such as Chelsea's attendance with Marc at Yom Kippur services last September at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, the flagship institute for Conservative Judaism.
Chelsea Clinton Wedding Update: Will The Bride Convert? 2010
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Because even within Reform, Reconstructionist and Conservative Judaism women have generally enjoyed ritual equality for less than a generation, some adult women in the past fifteen years have also turned to the bat mitzvah ceremony as a way to expand their Jewish knowledge and skills and to signify their assumption of the rights and responsibilities of Jewish adulthood.
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