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              Selected Sources for Additional Reading on Judaism
                         Part V: Conservative Judaism
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                     [Last Post: Fri May 12 11:07:09 1995]

   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 (Web page: <http://www.jtsa.edu>). 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).
   The USCJ, or United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (formerly the
       United Synagogue of America). Its members are Conservative
       Synagogues. USCJ has a home page available at
       <http://www.uscj.org/>. 
       

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

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Subject: ORGANIZATION

   This reading list is organized as follows:
     * Introduction to this Reading List 
     * Conservative Beliefs 
     * Conservative Practices 
     * Conservative History 
     * Conservative Liturgy 
       

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Subject: Conservative Beliefs

   [Gil94]
          Gillman, Neil. Conservative Judaism. Behrman House. 1994.
          
   [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: 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: 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: 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.org [192.77.173.13] and on rtfm.mit.edu, and are available
   for anonymous FTP. On shamash.org, the parts of the FAQ are stored in
   the israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ directory. On rtfm.mit.edu, these FAQs
   are stored in the pub/usenet/news.answers/judaism/FAQ directory. Note
   that the archived versions of the FAQ are the posted versions; that
   is, they are each one large ASCII file.
   
   The following is the mapping of reading lists to files:
   
   general
          Introduction and General. Includes book sources, starting
          points for beginners, starting points for non-Jewish readers,
          General Judaism, General Jewish Thought, General Jewish
          History, Noachide Laws, Torah and Talmud, Mishnah and Talmud,
          Torah and Talmudic Commentary, Midrash, Halachic Codes,
          Becoming An Observant Jew, Women and Judaism, and Science and
          Judaism.
          
   traditional
          Traditional Liturgy, Practice, Lifestyle, Holidays. Includes
          Traditional Liturgy; Traditional Philosophy and Ethics; Prayer;
          Traditional Practice; The Household; Life, Death, and
          In-Between; and The Cycle Of Holidays.
          
   mysticism
          Kabbalah, Mysticism, and Messianism. Includes Academic and
          Religious treatments of Kabbalah, Sprituality, and the Jewish
          notion of the Messiah.
          
   reform
          Reform/Progressive Judaism
          
   conservative
          Conservative Judaism
          
   reconstructionist
          Reconstructionist Judaism
          
   humanistic
          Humanistic Judaism (Society for Humanistic Judaism)
          
   chasidism
          Chassidism. Includes general information on historical
          chassidism, as well as specific information on Lubavitch
          (Chabad), Satmar, Breslaw (Breslov), and other approaches.
          
   zionism
          Zionism. Includes Zionism and The Development Of Israel, The
          Founders, Zionistic Movements, and Judaism in Israel.
          
   antisemitism
          Antisemitism. Includes sections on Antisemitism, What Led to
          The Holocaust, Medieval Oppression, Antisemitism Today
          (Including Dealing with Hate Groups), Judaism and Christianity,
          and Judaism, Freemasonry and other rumors.
          
   intermarriage
          Intermarriage. Includes sections on "So You're Considering
          Intermarriage?", The Traditional Viewpoint, Conversion, and
          Coping With Life As An Intermarried.
          
   periodicals
          Periodicals. Includes Topical General Interest Periodicals,
          General Interest Periodicals focused on Tradition and Home,
          General Interest Periodicals focused on Jewish Scholarship,
          Other General Interest Periodicals, Publications Targeted For
          Specific Movements, Rabbinic Journals, and Local Publications.
          
   childrens
          Books for Jewish Children. Includes.
          
   The following is the mapping of sections of the Frequently Asked
   Questions to files:
   
   01-FAQ-intro
          Section 1: Network and Soc.Culture.Jewish Information
          
   02-Who-We-Are 
          Section 2: Who We Are
          
   03-Torah-Halacha 
          Section 3: Torah
          Section 4: Halachic Authority
          
   04-Observance 
          Section 5: Jewish Holidays
          Section 6: Jewish Dietary Law and Kashrut
          Section 7: Sabbath and Holiday Observance
          Section 8: Woman and Marriage
          
   05-Worship 
          Section 9: Jewish Worship
          Section 10: Conversion, Intermarriage, and "Who is a Jew?
          Section 11: Miscellaneous Practice Questions
          
   06-Jewish-Thought 
          Section 12: Jewish Thought
          
   07-Jews-As-Nation 
          Section 13: Jews as a Nation
          
   08-Israel 
          Section 14: Jews and Israel
          
   09-Antisemitism 
          Section 15: Churban Europa (The Holocaust)
          Section 16: Antisemitism and Rumors about Jews
          Section 17: Countering Missionaries
          
   10-Reform 
          Section 18: Reform/Progressive Judaism
          
   11-Miscellaneous 
          Section 19: Miscellaneous
          Section 20: References and Getting Connected
          
   12-Kids
          Section 21: Jewish Childrearing Related Questions
          
   mail-order
          Mail Order Judaica
          
   On shamash.org, the parts of the reading lists are stored in the
   israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists directory. On rtfm.mit.edu, the
   reading lists are stored in the
   pub/usenet/news.answers/judaism/reading-lists directory. Note that the
   archived versions of the reading lists are the posted versions; that
   is, they are each one large ASCII file.
   
  Mail:
  
   The files may also be obtained via Email by sending a message to
   faigin@shamash.org with any number of the following commands in the
   body of the mail message:
   
   send faq _portionnames_
   send rl _portionnames_
   
   The "send faq" version is used to obtain portions of the FAQ; the
   "send rl" version is used to obtain portions of the reading list.
   "_portionnames_" should be replaced by the names of the files to be
   retrieved, separated by spaces. The special file name "list" will
   retrieve a list of all files that make up the FAQ or reading list; the
   special file name "all" will retrieve all files on the appropriate
   list.
   
   Examples:
   send faq all
   send faq list
   send faq 01-FAQ-intro
   send rl all
   send rl general
   
   Alternatively, you may send 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:
  
   The FAQ and reading lists are available as a full hypertext tree on
   shamash.org. The URL is:
   
   http://www.shamash.org/lists/scj-faq/HTML/index.html

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Subject: 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, Rabbi Jay Lapidus, Art Kamlet, and Paul Wolf. Suggestions
   for additions or deletions are welcome, as are _brief_ annotations for
   the entries.

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Please mail additions or corrections to me at faigin@pacificnet.net.

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