to balance modernity and traditional practice. Citing for example the "takana" of driving on Shabbat for the exclusive purpose of going back and forth to synagogue, critics note today few Conservative actually just drive to synagogue (including the Rabbinical and Lay leadership) while some do not drive at all. Meaning that neither those who drive nor decide to refrain completely from driving have any revelancy to the original committee's decision, which in effect just allowed the doing whatever the individual member of the movement wanted to do based on everything but the committee itself. The explanation by many critics that the committee would rather try to please everyone within its broad tent than make a decision that would be considered more correct but in any way controversial (thus the wanting to approve all sides of all controversies.) Also explained as an overemphasis of modern political and philosophical thought over traditional Jewish thought. See also Conservative Judaism Conservative Halakha Rabbinical Assembly Halakha Posek Vaad References External links Current CJLS responsa Formulating Jewish Law for Our Time, The United Synagogue Review, Dr. Elliot N. Dorff How Conservative Judaism Makes decisions in Jewish Law Conservative Judaism Rabbinical organizations