Your statements in this section have suggested that an Orthodox Jew who doesnt strictly follow Orthodox halakha is a Conservative Jew and that a Conservative Jew who doesnt strictly follow Conservative halakha is a Reform Jew Thats simply not the case Every religion has a normative set of rules and some people dont follow them Conservative Judaism isnt a movement for lapsed Orthodox Jews and Reform Judaism isnt a movement for lapsed Conservative Jews These movements are not distinguished by different degrees of observance of Orthodox law they each have their own philosophy of Judaism and how it should be practiced Conservative Judaism has a strict halakha that it believes is a continuation of the rabbinic tradition It expects Conservative Jews to follow that law The fact that many Conservative Jews dont follow the movements halakha may be notable but it doesnt mean that Conservative Judaism has no halakhaYou ask if all facets of CJ today claim to be working in the continuation of Rabbinic proccess or not I dont know what you mean by all facets  are you referring to members of the Rabbinical Assembly or individual Conservative Jews I dont know that every member of the Rabbinical Assembly is in agreement but the Conservative movements view is that it is continuing the historical process of rabbinic interpretation and halakhic evolution that has been going on for more than 2000 yearsAre there some elements within the Conservative rabbinate who dont strictly follow the decisions of the RA Absolutely Im sure that there were Conservative rabbis who were officiating at civil unions before the movement said it was okay I was too young to know but I imagine that some Conservative synagogues may have included women in a minyan before the RA said it was alright And there may be Conservative synagogues that wont include women even if the RA says that they must I dont know but I think that they believe that they are acting within the rabbinic tradition I doubt that any of them is saying Halakha be damned Im going to do whatever I wantYes the Conservative movement by its nature expands the boundaries of their interpetation of the law It calls it evolution and it makes no secret of it Its viewpoint is that Akiva and Hillel and Rambam and every other rabbi in Jewish history has done the same thing  until the reactionary Orthodox movement slowed the process to a snails paceAnyway I think this discussion is going way off track Im sorry for the tone of my earlier comments but saying that Conservative Jews are lapsed Orthodox is offensive   Talk  contribs PS Regarding Wolpe and his views of the Exodus thats so far afield that I hope you dont mind if I leave my comments on your Talk page

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Your statements in this section have suggested that an Orthodox Jew who doesnt strictly follow Orthodox halakha is a Conservative Jew and that a Conservative Jew who doesnt strictly follow Conservative halakha is a Reform Jew Thats simply not the case Every religion has a normative set of rules and some people dont follow them Conservative Judaism isnt a movement for lapsed Orthodox Jews and Reform Judaism isnt a movement for lapsed Conservative Jews These movements are not distinguished by different degrees of observance of Orthodox law they each have their own philosophy of Judaism and how it should be practiced Conservative Judaism has a strict halakha that it believes is a continuation of the rabbinic tradition It expects Conservative Jews to follow that law The fact that many Conservative Jews dont follow the movements halakha may be notable but it doesnt mean that Conservative Judaism has no halakhaYou ask if all facets of CJ today claim to be working in the continuation of Rabbinic proccess or not I dont know what you mean by all facets  are you referring to members of the Rabbinical Assembly or individual Conservative Jews I dont know that every member of the Rabbinical Assembly is in agreement but the Conservative movements view is that it is continuing the historical process of rabbinic interpretation and halakhic evolution that has been going on for more than 2000 yearsAre there some elements within the Conservative rabbinate who dont strictly follow the decisions of the RA Absolutely Im sure that there were Conservative rabbis who were officiating at civil unions before the movement said it was okay I was too young to know but I imagine that some Conservative synagogues may have included women in a minyan before the RA said it was alright And there may be Conservative synagogues that wont include women even if the RA says that they must I dont know but I think that they believe that they are acting within the rabbinic tradition I doubt that any of them is saying Halakha be damned Im going to do whatever I wantYes the Conservative movement by its nature expands the boundaries of their interpetation of the law It calls it evolution and it makes no secret of it Its viewpoint is that Akiva and Hillel and Rambam and every other rabbi in Jewish history has done the same thing  until the reactionary Orthodox movement slowed the process to a snails paceAnyway I think this discussion is going way off track Im sorry for the tone of my earlier comments but saying that Conservative Jews are lapsed Orthodox is offensive   Talk  contribs PS Regarding Wolpe and his views of the Exodus thats so far afield that I hope you dont mind if I leave my comments on your Talk page

