Subject: Judaism Reading List: Conservative Judaism (Pt. V)
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              Selected Sources for Additional Reading on Judaism
                         Part V: Conservative Judaism
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This message is intended to provide readers of soc.culture.jewish with a list
of references to allow them to learn more about the current practices, past
practices, beliefs, and history of the Conservative Movement with Judaism.

One of the four major movements within Judaism, the Conservative Movement was
founded in 1886, with the establishment of the Jewish Theological Seminary
(JTS) by a group led by Rabbis Sabato Morais and Marcus Jastrow of
Philadelphia and Henry Pereira Mendes of New York. This group was responding
to what it felt were the rationalist, antihalakhic excesses of the Reform
movement. For its first 15 years, the JTS was a colossal failure.  However,
around the turn of the century, the JTS was saved and grew into the flagship
of a major Jewish denomination thanks to the efforts of three men:  its first
president, Cyrus Adler; financier Jacob Schiff; and the brilliant Rabbi
Solomon Schecter.

In the United States, Israel, the Commonwealth of Independent States, and
other countries, there are two principal organizations involved with
Conservative Judaism:

1) the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), the rabbinic school for Conservative
   Rabbis. The association of the rabbis is called the Rabbinical Assembly
   (RA).  Information on the Conservative Rabbinical journal may be found in
   the periodicals part of the reading list (XI).

2) The USCJ, or United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (formerly the
   United Synagogue of America). Its members are Conservative Synagogues. 

This list is organized as a digest; it may be successfully undigestified by
programs such as "gnus".

Information on where the reading lists are archived, and how all pieces of the
FAQ and Reading Lists may be obtained by anonymous FTP or other means may be
found at the end of this posting.

Reproduction of this posting for commercial use is subject to restriction. See
Part 1 (general) for more details.

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Subject: V.1. CONSERVATIVE BELIEFS

[Gol91] Golinkin, David. _Halakhah For Our Time:  A Conservative Approach to
        Jewish Law_. United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. 1991.

[Gol92] Golinkin, David. _An Index of Conservative Responsa and Practical
        Halakhic Studies, 1917-1990_. New York NY: The Rabbinical
        Assembly. 1992. 

[SchS96] Schecter, Solomon. _Studies in Judaism: First Series_. Jewish
        Publication Society, Philadelphia PA. 1896

[SchS08] Schecter, Solomon. _Studies in Judaism: Second Series_. Jewish
        Publication Society, Philadelphia PA 1908.

[SchS24] Schecter, Solomon. _Studies in Judaism: Third Series_. Jewish
        Publication Society, Philadelphia PA 1924.

[SchS61] Schecter, Solomon. _Some Aspects of Rabbinic Theology_. Schocken
        Books, New York.  1961.

[Wax58] Waxman, Mordechai (ed.). _Tradition and Change - The Development of
        Conservative Judaism_. The Burning Bush Press, New York (copyright
        1958, Rabbinical Assembly of America). Library of Congress Card No.
        54-8409 (No ISBN) [Contains many of the classic conservative responsa,
        including riding of Shabbat and electricity is not fire.]

Other works to look at include _Emet Ve-Emunah_ and books by Conservative
authors such as Dorff, Gillman, Steinberg, and Wolpe, cited elsewhere in this
list. 

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Subject: V.2. CONSERVATIVE PRACTICES

[Kle79] Klein, Isaac. _A Guide to Jewish Religious Practice_. Jewish
        Theological Seminary, New York. 1979.

[Sie77] Siegel, Seymour ed. _Conservative Judaism and Jewish Law_.
        Rabbinical Assembly, New York. 1977.

[RAA88] Rabbinical Assembly. _Emet Ve-Emunah: Statement of Principles of
        Conservative Judaism_. The JTS, Rabbinical Assembly, and the United
        Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.  1988. 

[Wol85] Wolfson, Ron.  _The Art of Jewish Living: The Shabbat Seder_. The
        Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs, Inc., New York, NY.  1985 [Teacher's
        Guide, Songs & Blessings book, and Audiocassette are also available.]

[Wol88] Wolfson, Ron.  _The Art of Jewish Living: The Passover Seder_. The
        Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs, Inc., New York, NY 1988 [Teacher's
        Guide, Workbook, Poster, and Audiocassette are also available.  Note:
        This is not a Haggaddah, but a text.]

[Wol90] Wolfson, Ron. _The Art of Jewish Living: Hanukkah_.  The Federation of
        Jewish Men's Clubs, Inc., New York, NY.  1990 [Audiocassette also
        available]

[Wol93] Wolfson, Ron. _The Art of Jewish Living: A Time to Mourn, A Time to
        Comfort_.  The Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs, Inc., New York, NY.
        1993. [A guide to Jewish Mourning practices in Conservative Judaism,
        including information on what friends and family should do when
        visiting a Shiva house, etc.]


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Subject: V.3. CONSERVATIVE HISTORY

[Ben48] Bentwich, Norman. _Solomon Schechter_. Jewish Publication Society,
        Philadelphia PA. 1948.

[Dav63] Davis, Moshe. _The Emergence of Conservative Judaism_. Jewish
        Publication Society, Philadelphia PA. 1963.

[Dor77] Dorff, Eliot M. _Conservative Judaism_. United Synagogue of
        Conservative Judaism, New York. 1977.

[Gil93] Gillman, Neil.  _Conservative Judaism: The New Century_.  Behrman
        House.  1993.

[Kar64] Karp, Abraham J. _A History of the United Synagoges of America:
        1913-1963_, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, New York.
        1964.

[Par64] Parzen, Herbert. _Architects of Conservative Judaism_ Jonathan
        David, New York. 1964.

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Subject: V.4. CONSERVATIVE LITURGY

[Gol78] Golinkin, Noah.  Shalom Aleichem - Learn to read the Hebrew
        Prayerbook!, Hebrew Publishing Company, Brooklyn, NY 1978 [This book
        and a Teacher's Guide are available from the FJMC]

[Gol81] Golinkin, Noah. Ayn Keloheynu - Learn to comprehend the Hebrew
        Prayerbook in a new way.  Sheingold Publishers, New York, NY 1981
        [This is a sequel to Shalom Aleichem, and also has a teacher's Guide,
        and is available from the FJMC.]

[RAA75] Rabbinical Assembly. _Machzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur_.
        Rabbinical Assembly, New York. 1975.

[RAA85] Rabbinical Assembly. _Siddur Sim Shalom_. Rabbinical Assembly and
        United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, New York. 1985.

[RAA65] Harlow, Jules Ed. _Liqqutei Tefillah: The Rabbis Manual_. Rabbinical
        Assembly, New York. 1965.

[RAA64] Rabbinical Assembly. _(Sabbath Prayers) Seder Tefilot Yisra'el
        LeShabbat Uleshalosh Regalim_. Rabbinical Assembly and United
        Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. 1964.

[RAA62] Rabbinical Assembly. _Weekday Prayer Book: Tefillot Liyemoth Hol_.
        Rabbinical Assembly, New York. 1962.

[Rab82] Rabinowicz, Rachel (ed.). _Passover Haggadah: The Feast of Freedom_
        Rabbinical Assembly. 1982 (2d ed.)  [also used by many Orthodox and
        Reform Jews because of its combination of learning and accessibility
        with a useful lay-out]

[???]   _The Shabbat Morning Torah Service Video Tape_.  The Federation of
        Jewish Men's Clubs, Inc.  This VHS tape, with accompanying User's
        Guide, Glossary, and Torah Blessings Card is a great TEACHING tool for
        people unfamiliar with the procedures of the Torah Service, such as
        people asked to participate at a Bar/Bat Mitzvah.

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Subject: Archival and Credits

Anonymous FTP: 
  
  All portions of the FAQ and of the reading lists are archived on
  shamash.nysernet.org [192.77.173.13] and on rtfm.mit.edu, and are available
  for anonymous FTP.   The locations of the parts of the reading lists on
  shamash.nysernet.org are as follows:

  ftp://shamash.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/general
  ftp://shamash.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/traditional
  ftp://shamash.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/mysticism
  ftp://shamash.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/reform
  ftp://shamash.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/conservative
  ftp://shamash.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/reconstructionist
  ftp://shamash.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/humanistic
  ftp://shamash.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/chasidism
  ftp://shamash.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/zionism
  ftp://shamash.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/antisemitism
  ftp://shamash.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/intermarriage
  ftp://shamash.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/periodicals

  The locations of parts of the FAQ on shamash.nysernet.org are as follows:

  ftp://shamash.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/01-FAQ-intro
  ftp://shamash.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/02-Who-We-Are
  ftp://shamash.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/03-Torah-Halacha
  ftp://shamash.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/04-Observance
  ftp://shamash.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/05-Worship
  ftp://shamash.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/06-Jewish-Thought
  ftp://shamash.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/07-Jews-As-Nation
  ftp://shamash.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/08-Israel
  ftp://shamash.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/09-Antisemitism
  ftp://shamash.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/10-Reform
  ftp://shamash.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/11-Miscellaneous
  ftp://shamash.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/mail-order

  If you are accessing the archives on rtfm.mit.edu, the pathname is
  pub/usenet/news.answers/judaism, instead of israel/lists/scj-faq.

Mail:  
  The files may also be obtained via Email by sending a message to
  mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with the following line in the body of the message:

        send usenet/news.answers/judaism/(portionname)

  Where (portionname) is replaced by the appropriate subdirectory and
  filenames; for example, to get the first part of the reading list, one would
  say:

        send usenet/news.answers/judaism/reading-lists/general

WWW/Mosaic:
  The FAQ and reading lists are available by following the following pointer:

  http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/bngusenet/soc/culture/jewish/top.html 

Credits:
  This list is based on a reading list I developed from research at the
  University of Judaism in January of 1993. Contributions and/or corrections
  to this list have been made by David Grabiner, David A Guberman, Paul Wolf,
  and Art Kamlet.  Suggestions for additions or deletions are welcome, as are
  *brief* annotations for the entries.

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