Robert Gordis
Robert Gordis (
1908 -
1992) was an important figure of
Judaism. He founded the first
Conservative day school, served as President of the
Rabbinical Assembly and of the Synagogue Council of America, and was professor at
Jewish Theological Seminary from 1940 to 1992. He wrote one of the first pamphlets explaining Conservative ideology in 1946, and in 1988 he chaired the Commission on the Philosophy of Conservative Judaism which produced the official statement of Conservative ideology "Emet Ve-Emunah".
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