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Tables of Contents for The Conservative Movement in Judaism
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
xiii
Introduction: Conservative Judaism: Past and Future
1
1
The Conservative Achievement
1
3
Confronting Difficult Issues
4
3
Methodology of This Study
7
1
Looking Toward the Future
8
3
Part I: The State of the Movement
11
148
A History of Ambivalence
13
16
A Reluctant Separation
14
5
The Movement As a Party
19
5
From Party to Camp?
24
5
Institutions
29
24
The Changing Position of the Seminary
29
2
The Congregational Heart of the Movement
31
3
The Variety of Congregational Models
34
7
A Note on Youth Movements
41
2
New Institutions Emerge
43
1
The Ramah Camps
43
4
The Havurot
47
1
The Solomon Schechter Schools
48
5
Ideology and Theology
53
16
God, Torah, and Israel
54
5
Shifts and Stages
59
6
Benchmarks and Boundaries
65
4
Style
69
22
Sephardim and Litvaks
69
2
Elite and Mass
71
3
Rabbinical Preeminence
74
5
Synagogism
79
3
Religious Observance
82
9
Demographics
91
26
Concentric Circles of Jewishness
91
8
Decline in the Fourth Generation
99
6
Orthodoxy Resurgent
105
3
The Changing Family
108
4
A Note on Regionalism in the Conservative Movement
112
5
Leadership
117
10
In the Movement
117
2
In the Congregations
119
3
In the Jewish World
122
1
Voluntary Leadership in the Existing Institutional Framework
122
5
The World Movement
127
18
The New Context of World Jewry
128
1
The Scope of the World Conservative/Masorti Movement
129
5
The Movement in Israel
134
6
A Missed Direction
140
1
A New Partnership
141
4
What the Movement's Leadership Seeks
145
14
Raising the Halakhic Profile
146
1
Enhancing Conservative Intellectual Life
147
2
Addressing the Spiritual Needs of Conservative Jews
149
2
The Communal Approach
151
1
The Zionist Approach
152
1
Resolving Conflicts, Setting Priorities
153
6
Part II: Next Steps
159
46
Ideology, Halakhah, and a Broadened Base
161
22
The Need for Ideological Clarification
162
5
Fostering a More Serious Halakhic Movement
167
2
Broadening the Base
169
3
Confronting the Demographic Challenge
172
2
Building a Real World Movement
174
1
Building a Masorti Movement in Israel
175
4
Is Conservative Judaism Best Served through a Single Movement or a Multi-Movement Community?
179
1
Links to the Jewish People
180
3
Internal Unity
183
22
From Congregationalism to Community
183
2
Reducing the Gap between the Circles
185
4
Integrating the Movement's Parts into a Whole
189
4
Broadening the Leadership
193
2
The Role of the Jewish Theological Seminary
195
2
Strengthening Rabbinic Leadership
197
1
Learning from History: A Summary and Final Word
198
7
Glossary
205
4
Notes
209
16
Index
225