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Zacharias Frankel and Solomon Schechter are very important figures in Conservative Judaism. First of all, this importance comes from the idea which defends that Judaism had always been an evolving religion historically. Frankel, who is the founder of Historical School, his idea of Judaism has been completely transferred to Conservative Judaism. Therefore, Frankel has been accepted as the philosophical founder of Conservative Judaism stemming from his influence. Schechter also played a very important role in institutionalizing Conservative Judaism in the United States of America and has been marked in the history of American Judaism as the founder of the movement. In this article, Frankel and Schechter, who have been accepted as founders of Conservative Judaism and their intellectual aspects and influences to the movement and contributions, will be evaluated.

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