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- From: faigin@aero.org (Daniel P. Faigin)
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- Subject: Judaism Reading List: Conservative Judaism (Pt. V)
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- Selected Sources for Additional Reading on Judaism
- Part V: Conservative Judaism
- [Last Change: $Date: 1994/08/15 18:07:07 $ $Revision: 2.7 $]
- [Last Post: Mon Aug 15 11:07:07 1994]
-
- 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".
-
- Reproduction of this posting for commercial use is subject to restriction. See
- Part 1 (general) for more details.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: Archival and Credits
-
- Anonymous FTP:
-
- All portions of the FAQ and of the reading lists are archived on
- israel.nysernet.org [192.77.173.2] and on rtfm.mit.edu, and are available
- for anonymous FTP. The locations of the parts of the reading lists on
- israel.nysernet.org are as follows:
-
- ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/general
- ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/traditional
- ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/chasidism
- ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/reform
- ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/conservative
- ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/reconstructionist
- ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/humanistic
- ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/zionism
- ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/antisemitism
- ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/intermarriage
- ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/periodicals
-
- The locations of parts of the FAQ on israel.nysernet.org are as follows:
-
- ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/01-FAQ-intro
- ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/02-Who-We-Are
- ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/03-Torah-Halacha
- ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/04-Observance
- ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/05-Worship
- ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/06-Jewish-Thought
- ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/07-Jews-As-Nation
- ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/08-Israel
- ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/09-Antisemitism
- ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/10-Miscellaneous
-
- 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.htm
-
- 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.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: V.1. CONSERVATIVE BELIEFS
-
- [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.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- 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.]
-
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- 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.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- 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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- Please mail additions or corrections to me at faigin@aero.org.
-
- End of Judaism Reading List Part V (Conservative) Digest
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