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Although it has just ac- cepted its first five congrega- tional affiliates and plans to open a rabbinical seminary in the fall, a key official vig- orously rejected the idea that the Union is competing for status with Conservative Judaism, of which it is an of- fshoot, or with Orthodoxy, which its strong traditional bent closely resembles. For their part, neither Conservative nor Orthodox leaders have indicated that they are particularly con- cerned over the expansion of the new religious organiza- tion. The Conservative move- ment is the principal source of UTJ members and rabbis; the Orthodox are a much smaller source. Rabbi Ronald Price, UTJ's executive vice president, said that in addition to the five congregations already accepted, 10 others have ap- proached UTJ for affiliation. He stressed that none of the 15 were solicited to join. Rabbi Binyamin Walfish, executive vice president of the Rabbinical Council of America, the rabbinical branch of Orthodox Judaism, seemed surprised by Rabbi Price's assertion that about 100 rabbis who joined the UTJ came from the Orthodox community. "First I have heard about it," he told the Jewish Tele- graphic Agency. Rabbi Jerome Epstein, ex- ecutive vice president of the United Synagogue of America, the association of Conservative congregations, thought the UTJ would have at most a "minimal" impact on the physical and financial health of its Conservative parent organization. The UTJ owes its existence to fears long entertained by some Conservative rabbis and lay members that the movement was becoming in- creasingly secularized. That perception was fueled by, among other things, the movement's decision to per- mit members to drive if they have to attend Sabbath ser- vices and the bitter 10-year battle over the ordination of women, approved in 1983. Rabbi Price insisted that while the decision to ordain women was a catalyst, it was not the key reason to estab- lish a separate organization, originally called the Union of Traditional Conservative Judaism. The term "Conservative" was dropped from the organ- ization's name at its annual conference in May. The number of Orthodox mem- bers increased immediately thereafter. Rabbi Price reported that the Union has 5,000 mem- bers in the United States, Canada and Israel, in- cluding 500 from Orthodox backgrounds. Approximate- ly 400 to 500 rabbis, about 100 from Orthodox backgrounds, have joined. He insisted that none of them have resigned from the RCA or from the Rabbinical Assembly, the association of Conservative rabbis. Rabbi Epstein explained why the Conservative movement is not overly con- cerned by UTJ's impact. The Conservative moment was always a coalition move- ment, he said, offering a broad spectrum in terms of ideology. UTJ, by taking away tra- ditional members, is diminishing that ideological spread. Rabbi Price, a Conser- vative, ordained in 1977, who retains his Rabbinical Assembly membership, said UTJ's goal was to promote Jewish observance throughout the Jewish community, especially the Conservative community. He said conflicts arise in the synagogue in areas like changing from a full Torah reading to a triennial cycle; "liberalizing" kashrut stan- dards within the synagogue; and changing the rules for the participation of women in worship services. UTJ opposes allowing wo- men to participate as full members of a minyan and in Torah readings, although it sanctions women con- gregants leading and par- ticipating in segregated women's services. UTJ's first affiliated con- gregations are in South Bend, Ind.; Louisville, Ky.; in a Milwaukee suburb; in Colorado Springs, Colo.; and in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan.