Conservative Judaism's New Leader?

'Plucky' Jewish leader insists on a brighter future

RNS' Ansley Roan profiles Arnold Eisen, who's "poised to become a leader in what was once the country's largest Jewish movement, Conservative Judaism," in this week's full-text article, linked above.

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Although there is no single leader for the movement that claims about 750 U.S. congregations, members have traditionally looked to the JTS chancellor for direction. Eisen has embraced that role -- a "vocation," he calls it -- and his first task is to communicate "what Conservative Judaism stands for."