Definition of Conservative Judaism

1. Noun. Jews who keep some of the requirements of the Mosaic law but allow for adaptation of other requirements (as some of the dietary laws) to fit modern circumstances.

Generic synonyms: Hebraism, Jewish Religion, Judaism
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Member holonyms: Conservative Jew

2. Noun. Beliefs and practices of Conservative Jews.
Generic synonyms: Judaism

Lexicographical Neighbors of Conservative Judaism

Conopodium denudatum
Conor
Conoy
Conrad
Conrad Aiken
Conrad Potter Aiken
Conradi's line
Conradi-Drigalski agar
Conradian
Conradina
Conradina glabra
Conservative
Conservative Jew
Conservative Judaism (current term)
Conservative Party
Conservative party
Conservatives
Consolida
Consolida ambigua
Constance
Constant Lambert
Constant Spring
Constantin Brancusi
Constantine
Constantine I
Constantine the Great
Constantinian
Constantinople

Literary usage of Conservative Judaism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the Jews in America: From the Period of the Discovery of the New by Peter Wiernik (1912)
"Conservative Judaism AND ITS STAND AGAINST REFORM. ... He was an able exponent of conservative Judaism and was the founder of the "Jewish Messenger" (1857), ..."

2. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1892)
"Conservative Judaism believes in the divine Moses (the lawgiver) to Moses (Mendelssohn) there never arose one like Moses (Mai- ..."

3. Jewish Theology: Systematically and Historically Considered by Kaufmann ( Kohler (1918)
"At the same time I endeavored to be, as it behooves the historian, just and fair to Conservative Judaism, which will ever claim the reverence we owe to our ..."

4. Judaism at Rome: B. C. 76 to A. D. 140 by Frederic Huidekoper (1876)
"Wealthy aud conservative Judaism may have rendered it an unpromising field for him, and may, when the Apocalypse was written, have seemed to its author ..."

5. Finding Common Ground: A First Amendment Guide to Religion & Public Educationedited by Charles Haynes edited by Charles Haynes (1997)
"Tradition and Change: The Development of Conservative Judaism. New York: Burning Bush Press, 1958 (reprinted in 1970). 27. Developments within the Roman ..."

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