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Homosexuality, Human Dignity and Halakhah: A Combined Responsum for the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards

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  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Homosexuality, Human Dignity and Halakhah: A Combined Responsum for the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/homosexuality-human-dignity-and-halakhah-a-combined-responsum-for-the-committee-on-jewish-law-and-standards},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Elliot Dorff, Daniel Nevins and Avram Reisner are Conservative rabbis, and this is their combined halakhic responsum, adopted by the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly in 2006, addressing homosexuality and human dignity within Jewish law. As the committee's own adopted primary text it is the correct source for this specific Conservative movement position and its stated halakhic reasoning. Its limit is scope: it documents one recognized position within Conservative Judaism specifically, adopted alongside other responsa the same committee approved that year, and it carries no authority over Orthodox or Reform Judaism, which reach their own separate positions through their own processes.

Facts

Assessment

Reliability Tier

The Rabbinical Assembly's own adopted responsum of its Committee on Jewish Law and Standards, the committee's own primary text, treated at the top tier as that primary institutional record of a recognized Conservative movement position.

Notes

A combined halakhic responsum adopted by the Conservative Jewish movement's Committee on Jewish Law and Standards addressing homosexuality and human dignity within Jewish law. Use to document this specific Conservative movement position and its halakhic reasoning; a primary responsum representing one recognized position within Conservative Judaism specifically, not a ruling binding on Orthodox or Reform Judaism, which reach their own separate positions.

Citation

Author

Elliot N. Dorff, Daniel S. Nevins and Avram I. Reisner

Publisher

Rabbinical Assembly

Publication Year

2006

URL

https://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/sites/default/files/public/halakhah/teshuvot/20052010/dorff_nevins_reisner_dignity.pdf

Source Type

primary-text

Custodian

Custodian Source

Yes

Custodian Body

Rabbinical Assembly, Committee on Jewish Law and Standards

Custodian Basis

A responsum adopted by the halakhic authority of a Jewish movement. Authoritative for what Conservative Judaism rules; it is not independent evidence about classical halakhah.

Cross-Tradition Connections

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Conservative Judaism

This source names Conservative Judaism directly: "Its limit is scope: it documents one recognized position within Conservative Judaism specifically, adopted alongside other responsa the same committee approved that year, and it carries no authority..."

Source Homosexuality, Human Dignity and Halakhah: A Combined Responsum for the Committee on Jewish Law and StandardsElliot N. Dorff, Daniel S. Nevins and Avram I. Reisnerthe holders' own account

Claims Backed By This Source (31 claims)

This source backs 31 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested. As cited relationships: 7 holds. Plus 10 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.