“Over the past generation new institutions…have emerged as counterweights to the rightward and isolationist drift within Orthodoxy”
Over the past generation new institutions — Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, Yeshivat Maharat, JOFA and...
Category Archives: Modern Orthodoxy
“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”
Ironically, from a professional perspective the liberal YCT rabbi actually has more in common...
“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'”
There is a “silent” revolution taking place in which Haredi women are increasingly taking...
“…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…”
I think, in a Torah community, it’s vital to the definition of a Torah...
“There is no real reason for Modern Orthodoxy to be, in any way, connected to Brisk”
There is no real reason for Modern Orthodoxy to be, in any way, connected...
“Scholarship and the arts are thus neglected as leisure activities” for the Modern Orthodox nowadays
While many pay lip service to intellectual activities or the arts, they do not...
“Current Modern Orthodox theology is Litvish and hyper-Maimonidean, it lacks a native spiritual core, and does not satisfy people’s search for meaning”
Contemporary Modern Orthodoxy is struggling; a significant number of its adherents are abandoning yiddishkeit...
“American Modern Orthodoxy must first recognize the problem: namely that it is not as intellectually vibrant or creative as it once was”
American Modern Orthodoxy must first recognize the problem: namely that it is not as...
“Unlike the more insular ultra-Orthodox communities, Modern Orthodoxy puts a bigger premium on studying at the best colleges and pursuing professional careers”
Modern Orthodoxy is especially vulnerable to kids leaving the derech, precisely because its philosophy...
“Rav Lichtenstein was the living and breathing example we could look at to see Modern Orthodoxy at its best”
Rav Lichtenstein was the living and breathing example we could look at to see...