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May 12, 2023

The Riches of Jewish Practice Can More Than Compete with the Marketplace of Secular Alternatives

Mitzvot and the aspiration to perform them abound in the souls of American Jews.

Today, writes Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, few Conservative Jews see Jewish law as a set of divinely ordained obligations, while few Reform Jews see Jewish ritual practice as entirely antiquated—both in contradistinction to the formal theology of these denomination’s founders. Moreover, he argues, their attitudes reflect those of the overwhelming majority of American Jews. These facts, to Cosgrove, suggest a positive way forward for Judaism in the U.S. and elsewhere:

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