Its founder, Isaac Leeser, was forced to resign from Philadelphia's Mikveh Israel Synagogue after translating Sephardic rites into English.
Alexander Kohut laid out the principles of change by "total popular will" in this movement, which spread its message through the Occident newspaper. Amy Eilberg was a pioneering female leader in this group, and its founder established Maimonides College. Many of the early leaders in this movement were part of the "Historical School" that built on the teachings of Zechariah Frankel. Although this movement did not write the Pittsburgh Platform, its origins are sometimes traced to the so-called "trefa banquet" at a university in Cincinnati that led to a dispute over kashrut. Cyrus Adler founded this group's influential Theological Seminary. Its founder, Isaac Leeser, was forced to resign from Philadelphia's Mikveh Israel Synagogue after translating Sephardic rites into English. More liberal members of this group split into the Reconstructionist movement. For 10 points, name this branch of Judaism, sometimes held to be the "middle way" between Reform and Orthodox.
Alexander Kohut laid out the principles of change by "total popular will" in this movement, which spread its message through the Occident newspaper.
Conservative Judaism [or Masorti Judaism; prompt on just "Judaism"]