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Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy, YCT

“Over the past generation new institutions…have emerged as counterweights to the rightward and isolationist drift within Orthodoxy”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 August 2015
Over the past generation new institutions — Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, Yeshivat Maharat, JOFA and...
Tagged International Rabbinic Fellowship, Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, Modern Orthodoxy, YCT, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, Yeshivat MaHaRaT |
Haredim/Haredi-ism, Lubavicher Hasidim, Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy, YCT

“Ironically, from a professional perspective the liberal YCT rabbi actually has more in common with Haredi outreach-oriented figures than the inreach focused RIETS graduates”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 13 August 2015
Ironically, from a professional perspective the liberal YCT rabbi actually has more in common...
Tagged Chabad, Haredi, Kiruv, Modern Orthodoxy, Orthodox Outreach, Outreach, rabbis, RIETS, YCT, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah |
Haredim/Haredi-ism, Modern Orthodoxy

“The main goal of attacking the Modern Orthodox efforts so vigorously, then, is not to dictate Modern Orthodox behavior but to clarify the limits of ‘Haredi feminism'”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 August 2015
There is a “silent” revolution taking place in which Haredi women are increasingly taking...
Tagged Feminism, Haredim, Haredism, Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy, Women, Women in Haredism, Women in Orthodoxy |
Jewish, Jews, Modern Orthodoxy

“…it’s vital to the definition of a Torah community that we think that knowing more Torah, in some way, privileges you in a values conversation…”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 July 2015
I think, in a Torah community, it’s vital to the definition of a Torah...
Tagged Modern Orthodoxy, Rabbi Aryeh Klapper, Torah, Torah knowledge |
Modern Orthodoxy

“There is no real reason for Modern Orthodoxy to be, in any way, connected to Brisk”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 29 June 2015
There is no real reason for Modern Orthodoxy to be, in any way, connected...
Tagged Modern Orthodoxy, Rabbi Aryeh Klapper |
Modern Orthodoxy

“Scholarship and the arts are thus neglected as leisure activities” for the Modern Orthodox nowadays

Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 June 2015
While many pay lip service to intellectual activities or the arts, they do not...
Tagged Modern Orthodox, Modern Orthodoxy |
Modern Orthodoxy

“Current Modern Orthodox theology is Litvish and hyper-Maimonidean, it lacks a native spiritual core, and does not satisfy people’s search for meaning”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 June 2015
Contemporary Modern Orthodoxy is struggling; a significant number of its adherents are abandoning yiddishkeit...
Tagged Modern Orthodoxy |
Modern Orthodoxy

“American Modern Orthodoxy must first recognize the problem: namely that it is not as intellectually vibrant or creative as it once was”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 June 2015
American Modern Orthodoxy must first recognize the problem: namely that it is not as...
Tagged Modern Orthodoxy |
Modern Orthodoxy

“Unlike the more insular ultra-Orthodox communities, Modern Orthodoxy puts a bigger premium on studying at the best colleges and pursuing professional careers”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 May 2015
Modern Orthodoxy is especially vulnerable to kids leaving the derech, precisely because its philosophy...
Tagged Modern Orthodoxy |
Modern Orthodoxy

“Rav Lichtenstein was the living and breathing example we could look at to see Modern Orthodoxy at its best”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 May 2015
Rav Lichtenstein was the living and breathing example we could look at to see...
Tagged Modern Orthodoxy, Rav Aharon Lichtenstein |
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  • "...the Korean Talmud, in some ways, is an inversion of the Babylonian Talmud..."
  • "...a schism in American Modern Orthodoxy will have grave consequences both practically AND ideologically for both conservative and liberal sides of the community"
  • "...the great divides are about how or whether American Jews feel essentially safe and at home or eternally vulnerable and vigilant..."
  • "Neusner moved the study of Judaism from Near Eastern Language or History departments into Religious Studies"
  • "Neusner was a rabbinic historian. He can be credited with reinventing rabbinic historiography in the modern period"
  • "The field of rabbinics is peopled by two types of scholars—literary scholars and historians"
  • "A comparison between Avot and Philostratus’ Lives of the Sophists underscores striking similarities and differences between the compositions..."
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  • "Philologists can sometimes forget that texts are not themselves autonomous subjects that move here and there, or chameleons that change color to fit the scenery"
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  • Contest Opens to Translate Part of the Shulhan Arukh: […] section that deals with marriage, relationships, sex, and more.   The
  • Speaking on Panel at Temple Beth David about Denominations | Rabbi Drew Kaplan: […] the outset, I made sure I stated that there are multiple Orthodoxies,
  • Some Philanthropy Posts on My Drew Kaplan Blog: […] Jay Sanderson on not pushing away young Jews from the Jewish community
  • On Not Worrying About Decreasing Synagogue Membership in America | Rabbi Drew: […] Synagogues may have been good for the middle of the twentieth century
  • Rabbi Hershel Gluck OBE | herschel gluck: […] “The divisions and politics of the Orthodox, the Modern Orthodox
  • Some Philanthropy Posts on My Drew Kaplan Blog - Drew's Views: […] “Thoughtful, intentional philanthropists seek to be strategic” [&#
  • Jacquel Rassenworth Talks about Hanukkah | The Jacquel Rassenworth Blog: […] “the order in which Hanukkah candles are lit, underwent an evolu
  • On Not Worrying About Decreasing Synagogue Membership in America | Rabbi Drew Kaplan's Blog: […] Synagogues may have been good for the middle of the twentieth century
  • On Not Worrying About Decreasing Synagogue Membership in America | Rabbi Drew Kaplan's Blog: […] Last month, a Chabad rabbi in Maryland criticized the twentieth centur
  • On Not Worrying About Decreasing Synagogue Membership in America | Rabbi Drew Kaplan's Blog: […] Well, 1) One can still go to a synagogue without becoming a member, 2)
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