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Third-generation Conservative rabbi resigns from movement after facing punishment for performing intermarriages

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Ari Yehuda Saks, a third-generation Conservative rabbi, resigned from the Conservative movement's Rabbinical Assembly after it launched an ethics investigation into his participation in interfaith weddings. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Interfaith MarriageConservative JudaismAmerican JudaismHalachaJewish ContinuityRabbinical AssemblyEthics InvestigationTradition And ChangeRabbi Ari Yehuda SaksIntermarriage Debate

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Syracuse, New York, United States
"In most non-Orthodox synagogues today, I think theres around 50%, if not more, interfaith families, said Oren Z. Steinitz, the rabbi of Congregation Beth Sholom-Chevra Shas, a Conservative synagogue in Syracuse, New York."
Rhode Island, United States
"Now he works part-time as the rabbi for Temple Torat Yisrael in Rhode Island, a Conservative synagogue."
Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States
"The status quo faced a high-profile challenge earlier this summer, when Adath Jeshurun Congregation in Minnetonka, Minnesota, led by Rabbi Aaron Weininger, voted to allow clergy to participate in interfaith weddings as long as they are not officiating them."
United States
"The tension is compounded by simple labor economics. Conservative congregations are required to give hiring priority to rabbis with denominational affiliation, but a persistent shortage of pulpit rabbis has eroded that advantage, enabling unaffiliated rabbis to find jobs with relative ease."
New Jersey, United States
"For 11 years, Saks served as a full-time pulpit rabbi in congregations in New Jersey and Long Island."
Long Island, New York, United States
"For 11 years, Saks served as a full-time pulpit rabbi in congregations in New Jersey and Long Island."

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