The following video clips and audio downloads came from United Synagogue’s 2005 biennial convention, held at the Park Plaza Hotel in Boston in December. Find out more information about these clips, including discussion questions.
What Does It Mean to be a Conservative Jew?, by Rabbi Harold Kushner - On this video clip, Rabbi Harold Kushner, rabbi laureate of Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts, talks about life as a quest for holiness.
Download a full audio clip of his talk.
The Conservative Movement in the Next Ten Years, by Professor Neil Gillman - On this video clip, Rabbi Neil Gillman, the Aaron Rabinowitz and Simon H. Rifkind Professor of Jewish Philosophy at the Jewish Theological Seminary, talks about God's role in revelation. Click here to hear the three installments for the full audio download of his talk.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Panel Seminar: Commitment to Halakhah - Why?
Fran Immerman, who is deeply engaged in a personal journey toward greater observance, talks about her relationship to God and halakhah.
Rabbi Menachem Creditor of Temple Israel in Sharon, Massachusetts, founder of Shefa, the Conservative Jewish Activist Network, answers the question, "Do you see halakhah as binding?"
Professor Elliot Dorff, Rector and Anne and Sol Dorff Distinguished Professor of Jewish Philosophy at the University of Judaism in Los Angeles, discusses halakhah as a way he locates himself in his world.
Listen to the full audio download of the talks by Rabbi Creditor, Professor Dorff, and Ms. Immerman.
Explaining the Commmittee on Jewish Law and Standards, by Rabbi Kassel Abelson - In a video clip, Rabbi Kassel Abelson, chair of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards, explains what happens if there is a difference of opinion on the committee. In the full audio download, he talks about the structure and process of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards.
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