“Modern Orthodoxy…will have to invest in initiatives that engage the social, cultural, and political issues of the day…”
As for the broader challenges confronting Modern Orthodoxy, its religious and lay leadership, if...
Monthly Archives: January 2016
“Gordimer’s refusal/failure to propose a new model of Modern Orthodoxy…bespeaks a failure in his thinking…”
Orthodox Jewry of our days needs new constructs. Tradition, once again needs to be...
“American fantasies differ in another way: They usually end with a moral lesson learned…”
…the British have always been in touch with their pagan folklore, says Maria Tatar,...
“The basic requirement to respect the existing legal framework of a territory has long been under pressure, for a variety of reasons”
The basic requirement to respect the existing legal framework of a territory has long...
“…my impressions of much of Los Angeles Jewish life — creative, casual, relaxed — particularly compared to New York”
…consistent with my impressions of much of Los Angeles Jewish life — creative, casual,...
“The Prohibition movement was also partly a good-government movement, and the saloons it targeted were associated not only with disorderly drunkenness but with big-city corruption…”
Who were the Prohibitionists? Many of the leaders were, as McGirr acknowledges, Progressives, engaged...
“Rabbinic writing about Jesus was very popular in the mid 19th century, especially by liberal and Reform rabbis arguing for Jewish emancipation”
Rabbinic writing about Jesus was very popular in the mid 19th century, especially by...
“Backed by a strong, anti-corporate ideology, the communities of craft beer drinkers congregate in new environments…”
In the wake of America’s national Prohibition, public consumption of alcohol declined to a...
“Rabbi Gordimer…offers nothing to those who ask the questions addressed by Open Orthodoxy”
Rabbi Gordimer is not obliged to endorse or even respect Open Orthodoxy’s agenda or...
“R. Elijah Zvi Soloveitchik…wanted Christians to understand their scripture anew through sympathetic Jewish eyes and to educate his Jewish readers about their misunderstanding of Christianity”
R. Elijah Zvi Soloveitchik, the traditional rabbi from Lithuania…is actually more sympathetic to Christian...