Editing Isaac Klein (section)

==Role within Conservative Judaism==
Klein was a leader of the right-wing of the Conservative movement. He was president of the [[Rabbinical Assembly]], 1958–1960, and a member of its Committee on Jewish Law and Standards, 1948–1979. He was the author of several books, notably, ''A Guide to Jewish Religious Practice''. One of the outstanding halakhists of the movement, he served as a leading member of the [[Committee on Jewish Law and Standards]] from 1948 until his death in 1979.

As a leading authority on [[halakha]] he authored many important [[Responsa|teshuvot (responsa)]], many of which were published in his influential "[[Responsa]] and Halakhic Studies".  From the 1950s to 1970s, he wrote a comprehensive guide to [[halakha|Jewish law]] that was used to teach halakha at the JTSA.  In 1979 he assembled this into ''A Guide to Jewish Religious Practice'', which is used widely by laypeople and rabbis within [[Conservative Judaism]].