'''Conservative Judaism''' (also known as '''Masorti Judaism''' outside of America) is a denomination of [[Judaism]] that arose out of intellectual currents in [[Germany]] in the mid-19th century and took institutional form in the [[United States]] in the early 1900s.
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Conservative Judaism has its roots in the school of thought known as Positive-Historical Judaism, developed in 1850s [[Germany]] as a reaction to the more liberal religious positions taken by [[Reform Judaism]]. The term ''conservative'' was meant to signify that Jews should attempt to ''conserve'' Jewish tradition, rather than reform or abandon it, and not the movement's adherents are politically [[conservative]].
The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards is the central authority on halakha within Conservative Judaism. It is one of the most active and widely known committees in the Conservative movement's Rabbinical Assembly.
Sadly, today the Comitte is corrupted by [[liberal]] Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff. He and his followers have allowed sodomites to be ordained as Rabbis.