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Article: Response. (response to article by Gerald L. Zelizer in this issue, p. 292)
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- Judaism
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- June 22, 1995
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Rabbi Gerald Z. Zelizer, in his article, provide us with an unusually candid review and appraisal of the Conservative rabbinate during his own term as Rabbinical Assembly president. His analysis is in many ways a primary source for students of American Judaism. Although I understand some issues differently than he does, his paper contributes in significant ways to our understanding of the state of the Conservative movement in the 1990s.
The paper begins on an optimistic note. Conservative Judaism, from the perspective of its rabbinic leadership, is increasingly vital. The largest number of American Jews affiliate with its synagogues, its camps and schools are ...