What is a conservative synagogue?

Answer 1

In the United States, the Conservative movement is a Jewish movement that holds to a more traditional liturgy than the Reform movement while taking a liberal stand on many issues. Generally, the Reform movement has taken liberal stands on issues like ordaining women or gay marriage long before the Conservative movement. The conservative movement has taken its time searching for justifications for these positions before moving. To an outsider, except for the separation of men and women in an Orthodox synagogue, the Orthodox and Conservative liturgies are almost indistinguishable. There are small changes in the Hebrew text and, in bilingual prayerbooks, more use of gender-inclusive language in the English translations used in Conservative prayerbooks.