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'''Conservative Judaism''' (also known as '''Masorti Judaism''' outside of America) is a denomination of [[Judaism]] that arose out of intellectual currents in [[Germany]] in the mid-19th century and took institutional form in the [[United States]] in the early 1900s.
'''Conservative Judaism''' (also known as '''Masorti Judaism''' outside of America) is a denomination of [[Judaism]] that arose out of intellectual currents in [[Germany]] in the mid-19th century and took institutional form in the [[United States]] in the early 1900s.
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[[category:Judaism]]
Conservative Judaism has its roots in the school of thought known as Positive-Historical Judaism, developed in 1850s [[Germany]] as a reaction to the more liberal religious positions taken by [[Reform Judaism]]. The term ''conservative'' was meant to signify that Jews should attempt to ''conserve'' Jewish tradition, rather than reform or abandon it, and the movement's adherents are politically [conservative]].
===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.
* [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://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.masorti.org.il/en/page.php?pageId=109 Conservative Jews in Israel]
* [http://www.uscj.org/Formulating_Jewish_L5454.html Formulating Jewish Law For Our Time]
* [http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=Dstt4jyJGqwC&dq=%22guide+to+jewish+religious+practice%22&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=HIBak_JI44&sig=H8-RrIBkBLn-CRv85mqhg98Oe14 A Guide to Jewish Religious Practice – Official work on Jewish law]