Conservative Judaism emerges not as a compromise between orthodoxy and liberalism, but as a coherent religious worldview anchored in seven interconnected core values. Through theoretical analysis and empirical observation of lived religious practices, these values crystallize into two primary categories: national values (centrality of modern Israel, Hebrew language primacy, and devotion to klal yisrael) and religious values (Torah's defining role, Torah study, and halakhic governance), unified by belief in God as the overarching seventh value. The methodology combines theoretical analysis with empirical observation of lived religious practices within Conservative Jewish communities. This "sacred cluster" of values forms a distinctive religious culture that demonstrates principled receptivity to modernity while maintaining reverence for tradition. These core values manifest most powerfully in controlled educational environments, particularly the Ramah summer camp system, which successfully integrates all seven values into transformational religious communities. The framework establishes Conservative Judaism as a distinctive, authentic religious culture rather than a transitional "halfway house" between other Jewish movements.