“The question is not…whether our Modern Orthodox high school students are prepared to engage with the non-Jewish world…”
The question is not…whether our Modern Orthodox high school students are prepared to engage...
Category Archives: Modern Orthodoxy
“Unity and comity are good things, but I am not at all convinced that the community is better served by a false front that tries to conceal or patch the deep discord behind it than by frank acknowledgment of irreconcilable differences”
Ultimately, as many areas of common ground as we can find, and as much...
“The rift between centrist and open Orthodoxy is…about the nature of gadolhood and the structure of rabbinic authority…”
The rift between centrist and open Orthodoxy, is thus not only about who is...
“The imputation of unstated motives instantly renders toxic any conversation in which it is inserted”
In any debate over women’s communal and halakhic roles, the Orthodox community’s version of...
“As much rancor and disagreement as there is in the Modern Orthodox world about women in the ritual sphere or leadership roles, there are many places where women’s participation is universally accepted and indeed welcomed, and where attempts to foster it would be generally agreed-upon and uncontroversial”
As much rancor and disagreement as there is in the Modern Orthodox world about...
“Our recent communal engagements around women and Orthodoxy have taken on something of the aspect of trench warfare”
Our recent communal engagements around women and Orthodoxy have taken on something of the...
“There are women who are learned and it is only fitting that they too have a title”
…I still don’t see the objection to female clergy. I am not talking about...
“We can push and tinker around the edges, but as an Orthodox community, we cannot simply change Orthodoxy”
Ultimately, we will not succeed in satisfying the full range of expectations of every...
“Steering away from the issue might feel safe, but that avoidance is detrimental and dangerous”
In my experience, many, if not most, 20 to 40-year olds in the modern...
“…the reconciliation of the Torah’s discussion of homosexuality represents the single most formidable religious challenge for our young people today”
This may surprise many adults, but the reconciliation of the Torah’s discussion of homosexuality...