Conservative "Rabbi" becomes Orthodox

I've often wondered why we always see flyers about a speech to be given by a former minister or priest who converted to orthodox Judaism, and never by a former Conservative or Reform "Rabbi" who did (-do they?). So this article really interested me:

From the NJ Jewish News

..For Zell, it was the tipping point in a long process that included resigning his pulpit at the Conservative Temple Beth Or/Beth Torah in Clark, job hunting, and beginning a course of learning that led to his Orthodox ordination.

Zells journey has taken him from growing up in a Conservative family in Canada; to his ordination as a Conservative rabbi from the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1981; to Clark, where he had been rabbi for 20 years. It continued in recent years with moves to the Orthodox community of West Orange, to Israel, and finally to his current home in Linden...

While the Conservative movement is right for some, Zell said, it left him feeling like he was observing Judaism light. He compared it to sitting down for dinner, preparing a special meal, and then leaving the table still hungry and unfulfilled..

Zell isnt alone. According to the National Jewish Population Survey 2000-2001, nearly half of all adult Jews who were raised Conservative no longer consider themselves part of the movement. But his move is unusual in the direction he took: According to the NJPS, only three percent of those now practice Orthodoxy..

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