Modern Orthodoxy “In effect, it creates a terrible rift between halachic Judaism in Israel and in the diaspora” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 August 2016 …the Chief Rabbinate of Israel has essentially repudiated all of the converts who have...
Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy “We don’t have to listen too closely to hear the loud grumbling in Orthodox circles. Change is afoot” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 August 2016 Tradition is not monolithic, and its orthodox rabbinic leadership has never been more suspect,...
Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy “…if the criticisms of Rabbi Gordimer and others were offered on a basis of friendship and common purpose, …” Author Drew Kaplan Date 29 June 2016 I have no difficulty if someone wants to criticize, even sharply, Open Orthodox writers,...
Haredim/Haredi-ism, Judaism “But how can you be a light if almost no one can see you?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 June 2016 …Orthodox answer is “to keep the commandments.” That suffices, we are reassured, because when...
Jewish Community, Jews in America, Modern Orthodoxy “A new infusion of an invigorated Modern Orthodoxy that meets the best intellectual, moral and spiritual standards of postmodern culture is a critical ingredient for the strengthening of the center of affiliated Jewry” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 June 2016 Modern Orthodox professionals have played a key role in the revitalization of American Jewry...
Haredim/Haredi-ism “…it is difficult to accept a haredi message about women’s more private roles when haredi kollel culture means that their women have to take jobs requiring much more exposure to the broader world…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 May 2016 In general, it is difficult to accept a haredi message about women’s more private...
Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy “…if the point of all the criticism of Open Orthodoxy is the protection of authentic Judaism by countering the distortions on the left, then shouldn’t the distortions on the right also be countered?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 May 2016 …if the point of all the criticism of Open Orthodoxy is the protection of...
Modern Orthodoxy “The push toward women’s ordination bears the unmistakable hallmarks of the modern progressive paradigm…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 May 2016 The push toward women’s ordination bears the unmistakable hallmarks of the modern progressive paradigm—a...
Modern Orthodoxy “One of the challenges for Modern Orthodoxy in particular is to enable halakhic conversation across the feminist/nonfeminist divide” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 May 2016 One of the challenges for Modern Orthodoxy in particular is to enable halakhic conversation...
Orthodoxy “How come he criticizes Open Orthodox figures for their liberal Zionism, but never says a word of criticism about the anti-Zionism found in Satmar and other haredi groups?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 April 2016 Rabbi Gordimer gives us a continuing list of controversial statements from people identified with...