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Sadly, today the Committee is corrupted by [[liberal]] Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff.  He and his followers have allowed homosexuals to be ordained as Rabbis.

Sadly, today the Committee is corrupted by [[liberal]] Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff.  He and his followers have allowed homosexuals to be ordained as Rabbis.

==Israel==

==Israel==

The first Masorti communities in the [[State of Israel]] were founded in 1979 by North American olim. The movement now has some 50 congregations in Israel, with a membership of approximately 50,000,[http://web.archive.org/web/20070522000543/http://www.masorti.org/about/about.html] and its progams reach some 125,000 each year. In addition to its kehillot and chavurot maintains a [[kibbutz]] (Kibbutz Hanaton), a [[moshav]] (Moshav Shorashim), Native Israelis and olim from non-English speaking countries now make up about 60% of the Israeli Masorti population, the remaining 40% are North American olim.[http://web.archive.org/web/20070519072540/http://www.masorti.org/about/faqs.html] The movement is supported by the Masorti Foundation for Conservative Judaism in Israel, an American organization which provides funding to Masorti programs.

The first Masorti communities in the [[State of Israel]] were founded in 1979 by North American olim. The movement now has some 50 congregations in Israel, with a membership of approximately 50,000,[https://web.archive.org/web/20070522000543/http://www.masorti.org/about/about.html] and its progams reach some 125,000 each year. In addition to its kehillot and chavurot maintains a [[kibbutz]] (Kibbutz Hanaton), a [[moshav]] (Moshav Shorashim), Native Israelis and olim from non-English speaking countries now make up about 60% of the Israeli Masorti population, the remaining 40% are North American olim.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070519072540/http://www.masorti.org/about/faqs.html] The movement is supported by the Masorti Foundation for Conservative Judaism in Israel, an American organization which provides funding to Masorti programs.

==References==

==References==

* [http://www.shamash.org/lists/scj-faq/HTML/rl/jcu-index.html]

* [http://www.shamash.org/lists/scj-faq/HTML/rl/jcu-index.html]

* [http://www.shamash.org/lists/scj-faq/HTML/faq/02-03.html An intro to Conservative Judaism]

* [http://www.shamash.org/lists/scj-faq/HTML/faq/02-03.html An intro to Conservative Judaism]

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20080408210854/http://uscj.org/Revised_Congregation5973.html Standards for Congregational Practice]

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080408210854/http://uscj.org/Revised_Congregation5973.html Standards for Congregational Practice]

* [http://www.jtsa.edu/Conservative_Judaism/CJ_Folder/The_Sacred_Cluster.xml The Core Principles of Conservative Judaism]

* [http://www.jtsa.edu/Conservative_Judaism/CJ_Folder/The_Sacred_Cluster.xml The Core Principles of Conservative Judaism]

*[http://www.masorti.org.il/en/page.php?pageId=109 Conservative Jews in Israel]

*[http://www.masorti.org.il/en/page.php?pageId=109 Conservative Jews in Israel]