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Rabbi Mikę Uram has been tapped to become the ninth chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary, seen at rear. (Courtesy JTS; background JTA)
May 1, 2026, 1:19 am
JTS ‘breaks mold,’ names campus innovator Rabbi Mike Uram as next chancellor
Unusually for the Conservative Judaism flagship, new head does not hold a doctorate, but after serving at JFNA and Penn Hillel, he believes his novel background will be an asset
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Renee Albersheim was murdered during the Holocaust. A Jewish couple in Florida has said the Mourner's Kaddish for her daily for years. (Courtesy Susan Bell via JTA)
April 14, 2026, 6:12 pm
With no one to say Kaddish for many children killed in the Holocaust, a US synagogue steps up
Dozens of families at Temple Beth El in West Palm Beach have ‘adopted’ child victims to memorialize as their own, in a form of remembrance some laud for its continuity
By Stewart Ain
Rabbi Gesa Ederberg is installed as the president of the Rabbinical Assembly at Congregation Beth Sholom in Teaneck, New Jersey, March 11, 2026. (Courtesy RA via JTA)
March 20, 2026, 3:08 am
Berlin rabbi makes history as first European to head Conservative rabbis’ association
In a ‘major step forward’ in relations between US and German Jews of the major denomination, Rabbi Gesa Shira Ederberg is also likely the first convert to Judaism to assume the leadership role
By Toby Axelrod
An illustrative image of a huppah wedding canopy. (iStock/ Edward Shtern)
December 20, 2025, 2:02 am
US-based Conservative movement apologizes, signals new approach on intermarriage
In major shift, 3rd-largest Jewish denomination issues apology for decades of discouraging interfaith relationships, as critics say gaps exist between American and worldwide attitudes
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Illustrative: A rabbi leads a blessing with wine in hand and tallit draped over his shoulders (Courtesy / Moti Dolgin via JTA)
August 14, 2025, 6:46 am
US Conservative rabbi quits movement, preempting sanctions over performing intermarriages
As the denomination’s ethics committee opens an investigation into rabbinical scion Ari Yehuda Saks’ participation in interfaith weddings, the cleric doesn’t wait for a verdict
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Participants in the Nativ pre-college gap year program, which is affiliated with the Conservative movement, historically divided their time between study in Jerusalem and volunteering elsewhere in Israel. (Courtesy of Nativ via JTA)
July 11, 2025, 4:18 pm
Conservative Judaism relaunches Israel gap-year program with Tel Aviv internships
Instead of sending students to kibbutzim and small villages for volunteer work, the four-decade-old Nativ track now sends them to the White City’s trendy Florentin neighborhood
By Grace Gilson
Conservative Judaism has been trying to chart a middle path between Jewish tradition and acceptance of the reality of interfaith families. (Stock photo/Burke/Triolo Productions via Getty Images via JTA)
July 3, 2025, 3:34 pm
In first, US Conservative synagogue allows clergy to participate in interfaith weddings
While the policy change at Adath Jeshurun, a large Minneapolis-area congregation, goes against rules set by the denomination, top leadership has refrained from condemning it
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Chancellor Shuly Rubin Schwartz speaks at the institution's 131st commencement ceremony, May 22, 2025. (Ellen Rubin Photography via JTA)
June 19, 2025, 4:24 pm
Conservative flagship’s 1st woman chancellor, Shuly Rubin Schwartz, to step down in 2026
The outgoing head of the Jewish Theological Seminary since 2020 says she never intended a ‘lengthy tenure’ and will return to the faculty, where she has been serving since 1991
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie dressed in drag, as his alter-ego, the Rebbetzin Hadassah Gross, as seen in 'Sabbath Queen,' a film by Sandi DuBowski. (Courtesy)
February 8, 2025, 2:46 am
From radical drag queen to rabbi, film depicts journey of a Jewish law breaker
‘Sabbath Queen’ follows gay scion of rabbinic dynasty Amichai Lau-Lavie for two decades as he challenges traditional Judaism’s norms and becomes a respected communal leader
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Left: Conservative Rabbi Shalom Tzvi (Harry) Davidowitz (public domain); right: From right to left, Rabbi Mauricio Balter, executive director of Masorti Olami, Dr. Yizhar Hess, Rabbi Ashira Konigsberg, Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal, CEO of the Rabbinical Assembly and the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, look up at the street sign named for Shalom Tzvi (Harry) Davidowitz, Herzliya, December 11, 2024. (Herzliya Municipality)
December 15, 2024, 6:06 am
1st street in Israel named for Masorti rabbi who influenced Declaration of Independence
In Herzliya, the Conservative Movement celebrates the commemoration of US cleric Shalom Tzvi Davidowitz, who is likely responsible for adding God into the historic 1948 statement
By Mati Wagner
Conservative rabbis pray at the Ezrat Yisrael egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall, December 12, 2024. (Courtesy/ File)
December 14, 2024, 3:12 pm
‘Hurting together’: Conservative Rabbis meet in Israel for first time since October 7
Rabbis from communities across North and South America, Europe, and Australia convene in Jerusalem to show solidarity and reflect on the lessons of October 7
By Zev Stub
B'nai Jeshurun, a synagogue on Manhattan's Upper West Side, in March 2022. (Noam Galai/Getty Images/JTA)
October 31, 2024, 7:11 pm
New York synagogue reveals sexual assault allegation against renowned late rabbi
Marshall T. Meyer led Upper West Side’s B’nai Jeshurun from 1985 to 1993; synagogue says allegations ‘credible,’ removing his name from rabbinic training program
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Joshua Leifer and his new book, "Tablets Shattered." (Courtesy/Dutton Publishing via JTA)
October 4, 2024, 8:55 am
What Matters Now to Joshua Leifer: The fall of US Jewry and how it can rise again
While a product of the Conservative movement, the left-wing journalist argues in a new book that ultra-Orthodoxy offers blueprint for ensuring that American Jewish life can thrive
By ToI Staff
An aerial view of American Jewish University's Sunny & Isadore Familian Campus in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles. (Courtesy of Communications Department, AJU via JTA)
September 29, 2024, 5:11 am
Investigation clears Ziegler rabbinical school deans of ethics code allegations
Committee’s conclusion in line with findings of related investigation undertaken by law firm at behest of American Jewish University, completed earlier this year
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
The School of Jewish Theology at the University of Potsdam, May 2022. (Cnaan Liphshiz)
September 22, 2024, 2:55 am
LA and Jerusalem rabbis tapped to support German rabbinical schools
Rabbis Bradley Shavit Artson, Yehodaya Amir set to lead seminaries associated with the University of Potsdam in a move criticized as endangering ‘the unity of the Jewish community’
By Toby Axelrod
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