entrepreneurial rabbi

I went to an Conservative introduction to Judaism group last night. I was curious about my earlier prediction that Conservative and Reform converts would be indistinguishable. I also went because the Rabbi seems the most active in trying to encourage Judaism. A major problem that I have liberal Judaism is that its strategy for survival is just to hope enough Orthodox kids don't want to endure the excesses of that faith and switch to liberal Judaism as a compromise. The blithe acceptance of declining membership in liberal synagogues bothers me. The entrepreneurial rabbi that lead the group last night seems to me to be an exception. He seems to truly want to encourage greater Jewish participation. He is Conservative and the language issue looms greater in that mostly English services seem out of the question. I hope for the success of his attitude in convincing others.

In terms of my original question about the difference between Conservative and Reform congregants, though I the sample size was small for the Conservatives, five, I think it more or less bears out my prediction. A romantic partner of the faith is why people convert. I asked the rabbi if he thought many people could explain the difference between Conservative and Reform and he thought not.