USCJ closely works with the Rabbinical Assembly, the international body of Conservative rabbis.

[1] The representatives formed the United Synagogue of America to develop and perpetuate Conservative Judaism.

[1] At its executive council's April 1913 meeting, the organization's purpose was defined as loyalty to the Torah; to promote observance of Shabbat and Jewish dietary laws; to preserve Israel's past and promote its restoration; to maintain traditional Jewish prayer in Hebrew; to promote traditional Judaism in the home; and to encourage the establishment of Jewish religious schools whose instruction includes the study of the Hebrew language and its literature as a bond that unites Jewish people worldwide.

[7] The name of the organization was changed to the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism in 1991.

[8] United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism has 572 affiliated congregations as of 2017[update].