ROB: As a Conservative Jew I want to thank you for your above comments. You always provide a logical, well thought out response and have stated your point far more eloquently than I could have. I was raised in a Conservative home and for me, to follow any other pathway be as foreign as taking on a different religion. In the past couple of years I have become extremely “shul” oriented – attending daily minyan and many classes (not just Conservative ones). I have enjoyed learning many aspects of Judaism that I was not at all familiar with before. I have great admiration (and it grows daily) for those that are frum but it is not my lifestyle and to me it would be a great burden – my feelings at this time. My opinion (and I am entitled to it) is that I would much rather be a religious and learning Conservative Jew than an unhappy and non-observant Orthodox one.
To you and your family – Shabbat Shalom and Shavuah Tov.