CJ Past Luminaries

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

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