Conservative Judaism (journal)

Conservative Judaism is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by the Rabbinical Assembly and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. It is presently edited by Rabbi Martin Samuel Cohen.

The journal was founded in 1945 under the editorship of Rabbi Leon S. Lang as a publication of the Rabbinical Assembly (RA). In 1968, the journal became a joint project of the RA and the Jewish Theological Seminary.[1] According to Pamela Nadell, "the quarterly was designed for the elite--Conservative leaders and readers learned in Judaica," and it "remained influential chiefly among the leadership of the Conservative movement."[1]

Past editors have been:

Its editorial board includes the Talmudist Judith Hauptman, the theologian Neil Gillman, and the biblical scholar Alan Cooper. Past members of the board have included the historian Jack Wertheimer, the historian David G. Dalin, and the Musar scholar Ira F. Stone.

References

  1. ^ a b Pamela Susan Nadell, Conservative Judaism in America: A Biographical Dictionary and Sourcebook, page 314