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The opportunity to select a Hebrew name as part of conversion is a profound moment of introspection along the journey to becoming Jewish. It is a process of identity to define oneself in terms of both the person we are and want to become as a Jew, as well as in relation to millennia of [ ]
Part 1: Simple Gifts There’s an old Shaker tune called Simple Gifts. And the composer best known for his version of it? Aaron Copland, who just so happened to grow up in a Conservative Jewish household. For whatever reason, this is the song that springs to mind whenever I think about the Sabbath. Perhaps it’s [ ]
A Recitation for All Time Shemini Atzeret is a beautiful, yet oft overlooked, day on the calendar. After celebrating the creation and renewal for the coming year on Rosh Hashanah, seeking atonement for ourselves and for each other on Yom Kippur, and communally reflecting on our impermanence and the privilege of being alive during Sukkot, [ ]
Conservative Judaism and a Third Way Why a Third Way? Born out of a transformative 19th century and the inevitable tension that followed, Conservative Judaism sought a path between two poles. On the one end of the spectrum, the rigidity of traditional Orthodoxy and its insular roots, and on the other, the radicalism of Reform [ ]
