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United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism

The wedding of Molly Kazin, who is Jewish, and Evan Marshall, who is not, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Nov. 20, 2021. Though Kazin grew up in a Conservative congregation, she assumed she could not get a rabbi in the movement to preside at her wedding, and found one through the group where she works, 18Doors, which supports relationships between Jews and non-Jews.
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More Conservative rabbis struggle with interfaith marriage ban — and some are flouting it

Debra Nussbaum Cohen by Debra Nussbaum Cohen and Forward May 13, 2022

Dario Feiguin, a rabbi for nearly 40 years, recently officiated at his first interfaith wedding — a practice forbidden by the Conservative movement that ordained him. The Jewish groom is […]

USY members celebrate at the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism's 2015 convention. (Photo/JTA-Andrew Langdal)
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Conservative movement to launch investigation of sexual abuse allegations at youth program

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA August 18, 2021August 18, 2021
(Photo/Forward-iStock)
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For Conservative Judaism, an overdue audit of sexual ethics policy

by Molly Boigon and Forward June 1, 2021
Delegates to the URJ 2017 biennial in Boston included 6,000 Reform Jews from 500 congregations.
 (Photo/Courtesy Union for Reform Judaism)
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It’s time to rethink liberal Judaism. Here’s my plan.

Steven Windmueller by Steven Windmueller January 19, 2018January 18, 2018

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