Conservative Movement Metaphor

[debka_notion]

I was talking with shirei_shibolim at breakfast this morning, and in discussing the Conservative movement and the "big umbrella" description of said movement, I likened it more to an eiruv- a bunch of different buildings held together by a legal fiction, and was told that the description was worth writing down. So there it is, if anyone finds it interesting, or for when I someday want to retrieve it.

Comments

[hotshot2000.livejournal.com]

Hmm -- and for them, the buildings still exist, but they're not even connected any more. Yeah, good metaphor, and as usual, the "outsiders" have a clearer view than the insiders.

Also, legal fictions are designed to accomplish some purpose, so perhaps here the people who disbelieve the fiction don't see a purpose to it any more.