Jewish Religious Values and Conservatism
Several movements in Orthodox Judaism can be seen as similar or at least amenable to certain forms of conservatism. For many Orthodox Jews Jewish principles of faith contains belief in a "transcendent moral order", continuity, a tradition of oral law, and requires new statements be compatible with a holy book. These values can be seen as compatible or similar to certain forms of conservatism.
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