Conservadox is the term occasionally applied to describe either individuals or congregations located on the religious continuum somewhere between the Conservative and Modern Orthodox wings of American Jewry.
Beth Midrash Hagadol-Beth Joseph in Denver, Colorado was the last remaining OU-affiliated synagogue to have mixed seating, having reached a compromise with the organization in 1988 to retain its status if a gender-segregated minyan was also held on the Sabbath.
The Haredi segment, which believes in separation from secular culture and in a pronounced distinction between men and women has had increasing influence.
[5] As a result, those who a generation ago could feel comfortable in either an Orthodox or a Conservative setting, have become increasingly isolated from both as the gap between the two has widened.
Congregations of a "Conservadox" persuasion have formed affiliations such as the Union for Traditional Judaism in the United States[2] and the Canadian Council of Conservative Synagogues.