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CJ Luminaries: Past and Present

These were some of the giants of earlier days in the Conservative Movement.  Their shoulders are our foundation, and their legacy is our challenge.

Sabato Morais z"l (1823-1897), founder of JTS

- The Sabato Morais Ledger

- Dust and Ashes: The Funeral and Forgetting of Sabato Morais

Solomon Schechter z"l  (1847-1915), founder of USCJ, President of JTS

- From Cairo to Catholic Israel: Solomon Schechter

-Studies in Judaism, Volume 1

-Some Aspects of Rabbinic Theology

Henrietta Szold z"l (1860-1945) founder of Hadassah

- Daughter of Zion: Henrietta Szold and American Jewish Womanhood

Mordecai Kaplan z"l (1881-1983) Founder of Reconstructionism

-Mordecai Kaplan: Founder of Reconstructionist Judaism
-Mordecai Kaplan: Prophet of Pragmatic Theology

Saul Lieberman z"l (1898-1983) Talmudic Scholar

-The Ketubah: Evolutions in the Jewish Marriage Contract
-Saul Lieberman: The Man and His Work

Robert Gordis z"l (1908-1992) founded first Conservative Day School

-The Legacy of Robert Gordis: A Memorial Tribute on the first Yahrzeit
-Amazon's Robert Gordis Page

David Lieber z"l (1925-2008) President of UJ (AJU), editor of Etz Hayim

- LA Times Obituary


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