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In a first for Conservative Judaism, synagogue allows clergy to participate in interfaith weddings

(JTA) — A Conservative synagogue in Minnesota has become the first in its denomination to allow its clergy to participate in — but not officiate — weddings of Jews who marry outside their faith.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Conservative Judaism’s new line on intermarriage is a great start. What comes next is key.

To fully welcome interfaith families and other marginalized groups, synagogues and rabbis need to match words with actions, writes the chief program officer of 18Doors. I grew up in a large suburban ...
The Jewish Exponent

The Conservative Movement at a Crossroads

The Conservative movement, once the largest denomination in American Jewish life, is in the midst of a long, painful contraction. For decades after World War II, its synagogues were packed, its ...
Sun Sentinel

Judaism’s Conservative movement apologizes for decades of discouraging intermarriage, signals new approach

The Conservative movement, one of the major Jewish denominations, is formally apologizing for decades of discouraging intermarriage and committing itself to a new approach centered on engagement. The ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

In a first for Conservative Judaism, synagogue allows clergy to participate in interfaith weddings

The policy change at Adath Jeshurun Congregation, a large synagogue in suburban Minneapolis, goes against rules set by the Conservative movement. A Conservative synagogue in Minnesota has become the ...
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Judaism’s Conservative movement apologizes for decades of discouraging intermarriage, signals new approach

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