Keruv/Edud Initiative

Recognizing the need to welcome intermarriaged families into our Jewish community, reaching out with warmth, passion, and compassion, hoping for the eventual conversion of the non-Jewish spouse, we present our new Edud Initiative.

Find out more information about About Conversion to Judaism.

Read Rabbi Jerome Epstein's introductory speech on the initiative, Beyond Keruv to Edud.

Read Al Ha Derekh, the statement made by United Synagogue and endorsed by the rest of the Conservative movement.

In the summer 0f 2009, the Leadership Council of Conservative Judaism put out a brochure about keruv and a list of tools for builidng a culture of keruv.

The 16 groups that made up the Leadership Council of Conservative Judaism worked together for a statement of principles about keruv.