JTS and the Conservative Movement


 

Publication Date: January 1997

Publisher: Jewish Theological Seminary of America

Author(s): Jack Wertheimer

Research Area: Culture and religion

Keywords: American Jews; Religious denominations; Jewish organizations

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The primary issues addressed by this essay are why the relationship between JTS to the Conservative movement was so difficult to define and what the sources were for the underlying tensions between JTS and the leading organizations of the Conservative movement in the United States.