Conservadoxy
With several notable exceptions, Orthodox Jewish law has been frozen for the past 1600 years.
There is no Sanhedrin and no governing body and no one leader can take it upon himself to authorize important and needed changes. Instead, we all just cling to traditions passed down over the centuries and convice ourselves that this is authentic Judaism, this is Ratzon Hashem, because it is what survived and it is what makes us stand out. And then we teach this to our children who will in turn pass it on to their offspring. Presumably this whole situation is because our leaders today are so humble and modest. Two thousand years ago, Hashem's presence could rest upon 71 rabbis and they could decide the law and interpret the texts. Now, all our leaders are not worthy and God doesn't impart His will to anyone and we are all just stuck with whatever the last 71 rabbis decided was the correct interpretation of the law.
Imagine that American law has been frozen for 1600 years. No? Um, okay, how about 150 years. Imagine that American law has been frozen since 1858. That means that you are right now living in a country where blacks people are considered property. Where women cannot vote and birth control is illegal. Where females are not allowed entry to universities and child labor laws do not exist. Where you can be fired for not working on Shabbos and where housing can be denied to you because of your religious beliefs or skin color or marital status. You'd like to change some of these rules because they seem unfair. Maybe re-interpret some of the texts. But you can't. Because it's frozen so too bad. You make yourself feel better by saying that you accept "the whole system"- there are parts that you like and parts that you like less and it's a trade-off.
Is that the will of God? A frozen system? Or does the will of God somehow change as society evolves? Why does Judaism fail to evolve and change while retaining its unique characteristics, whereas other systems, such as American law, seems to be able to do so with relative ease? Would Judaism fall apart completely if women were permitted to be rabbis? Or if "do not light a fire on the sabbath day" was not interpreted to include electricity? Why?