The Masorti movement in Israel adopts positions on subjects of Jewish Law independent of the Conservative movement in the United States, and the two movements sometimes take different positions.

Originally established as a Reform synagogue in 1938 ( then called Temple Emanuel ) Emanuel Synagogue is now a very large, explicitly pluralist congregation affiliated to Masorti Olami as well as the Progressive and Renewal movements.

As the spiritual head of the United Synagogue, the largest synagogue body in the UK, he is the Chief Rabbi of the British Orthodox synagogues, but he is not a religious authority for the Federation of Synagogues or the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations or the other movements, Masorti, Reform and Liberal Judaism.

He wrote further that he was an " enemy " of the Reform, Liberal and Masorti movements, leading some to reject the notion that he is " Chief Rabbi " for all Jews in Britain.

More than 135 kehillot ( communities ) are affiliated with Masorti Olami in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, Uruguay, the United Kingsom and the United States of America.

* Noam, Noar Masorti, ( Masorti Youth ) is active in Israel, UK, Brazil and Argentina.

However there are Neolog congregations in Hungary which are strikingly similar to Masorti synagogues, for instance Bét Salom Zsinagóga with Rabbi Zoltán Radnóti who trained in the Neolog seminary in Budapest.

Conservative Judaism ( also known as Masorti Judaism outside of the United States and Canada ) is a modern stream of Judaism that arose out of intellectual currents in Germany in the mid-19th century and took institutional form in the United States in the early 1900s.

Because of this potential for confusion, a number of Conservative Rabbis have proposed renaming the movement, and outside of the United States and Canada, in many countries including Israel and the UK, it is today known as Masorti Judaism ( Hebrew for " Traditional ").

* The Assembly of Masorti Synagogues in the United Kingdom,

The global youth movement is known as NOAM ( an acronym for No ' ar Masorti ); its North American chapter is called the United Synagogue Youth.

The Masorti movement did not establish a presence in the United Kingdom until much later and came about largely because of a series of incidents known colletively as the " Jacobs affair ": Rabbi Louis Jacobs, a leading scholar of Anglo Jewry, joined the faculty of the Jews College, leaving his post as Rabbi of the New West End Synagogue, under the impression that he would eventually be made principal.

In response, Jacobs and many of the New West End congregants established the New London Synagogue, which became the center of Masorti Judaism in the United Kingdom.

There are now 13 Masorti congregations in the United Kingdom.

* Conservative Judaism, known as Masorti outside the United States and Canada, is characterized by a commitment to traditional Jewish laws and customs, including observance of Shabbat and kashrut, a deliberately non-fundamentalist teaching of Jewish principles of faith, a positive attitude toward modern culture, and an acceptance of both traditional rabbinic and modern scholarship when considering Jewish religious texts.

For example, the Masorti movement in Israel rejected a decision by the Conservative movement in the United States permitting Jews living far from synagogues to drive to synagogue on Shabbat.

The Masorti ( Conservative Judaism ) movement in Israel has created Megillat HaShoah, a scroll and liturgical reading for Yom HaShoah, a joint project of Jewish leaders in Israel, the United States and Canada.

Louis Jacobs ( 17 July 1920, Manchester – 1 July 2006, 5 Tammuz 5766 in the Hebrew calendar, London ) was the founder of Masorti Judaism ( also known as Conservative Judaism ) in the United Kingdom, and a leading writer and theologian.

This congregation, The New London Synagogue, became the " parent " of the Masorti movement in the United Kingdom, which now numbers several congregations.

Meanwhile, Masorti synagogues in Europe and Israel, which have historically been somewhat more traditional than the American movement, continue to maintain a complete ban on homosexual conduct, clergy, and unions.

While approximately 90 % of American Conservative synagogues have adopted fully egalitarian practices, most British Masorti synagogues have retained a more traditional approach.

" Since that time the Conservative movement and the Masorti movement ( in Israel ) have addressed this issue in a serious way.

Thanks to the Harlows ' assistance in cooperation with Masorti Olami, the Bnei Anusim of Lisbon have been able to return to the Jewish faith, and a new congregation ( Kehilat Beit Israel ) has been founded in Lisbon, namely the first non-orthodox synagogue in the history of Portugal.

Some Masorti synagogues ( e. g. in Europe and Israel ) also have a meḥitza or separate seating sections for men and women without a physical partition.

Since that time, the Conservative movement and the Masorti movement have addressed this issue in a serious way.

Many anusim in recent times have chosen to join the Lisbon Masorti ( Conservative ) community Beit Israel, which uses the Ashkenazi rite, rather than the older Orthodox Sephardic communities, as the latter have raised more difficulties about their religious status.

A similar stance was taken by Sacks and his Beth Din when they prevented the retired Rabbi Louis Jacobs, who had helped establish the British branch of the Masorti movement, from being called up for the Reading of the Torah on the Saturday before his grand-daughter's wedding.

There are no female Rabbis among the British Masorti, for example, and some Masorti congegations maintain non-egalitarian practices with regard to gender, such as the mechitza and the prohibition of women reading from the Torah, while nearly all American congregations are fully egalitarian and the American Rabbinical schools ordain women as Rabbis.

The head of the Israeli Masorti movement's Vaad Halakha ( equivalent to the CJLS ), Rabbi David Golinkin, wrote the CJLS protesting its reconsideration of the traditional ban on homosexual conduct.

The Masorti Movement's Israeli seminar also rejected a change in its view of the status of homosexual conduct, stating that " Jewish law has traditionally prohibited homosexuality.

While holding the position of Rabbi at the New London Synagogue, Dr. Jacobs was also for many years Lecturer in Talmud and Zohar at the Leo Baeck College, a rabbinical college preparing students to serve as Masorti, Reform and Liberal rabbis in the UK and Europe.

The Conservative-Masorti movement is unified on a global level by Masorti Olami, representing affiliated congregations in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia.

The international association of Conservative / Masorti Rabbis is known as the Rabbinical Assembly ; the Cantors Assembly is the organization of chazanim.

Most Masorti Rabbis are trained at Leo Baeck College, an inter-denominational seminary that ordains non-Orthodox British Rabbis.

The first Masorti communities in the State of Israel were founded in 1979 by North American olim.

In addition to its kehillot and chavurot maintains a kibbutz ( Kibbutz Hanaton ), a moshav ( Moshav Shorashim ), and IDF Garinim, Masorti groups within the Israeli Defense Forces.

The organization is active in integrating olim from South America and the former Soviet Union into Israeli society -- native Israelis and olim from non-English speaking countries now make up about 60 % of the Israeli Masorti population, the remaining 40 % are North American olim.

The movement is supported by the Masorti Foundation for Conservative Judaism in Israel, an American organization that provides funding to Masorti programs, which are disadvantaged by the Israeli government's practice of funding only Orthodox institutions.

This term, as commonly used, has nothing to do with the official Masorti ( Conservative ) movement.

Logo of the Masorti Movement in Israel.

The Masorti Movement is the name given to Conservative Judaism in Israel and other countries outside Canada and U. S. Masorti means " traditional " in Hebrew.