“…Open Orthodoxy can be the outreach arm for Orthodox Judaism”
Just as Chabad is the outreach arm for ultra-Orthodox Judaism, Open Orthodoxy can be...
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“Open Orthodoxy is trying to balance two ideals: It wants to keep the neighborhood-like intimacy and rituals of Torah Judaism but make them more open and inclusive”
Open Orthodoxy is trying to balance two ideals: It wants to keep the neighborhood-like...
“…schism will lead to disaster and eventual oblivion for both sides” in Modern Orthodoxy
I contend that schism will lead to disaster and eventual oblivion for both sides....
“For much of 2015, every effort was made, on both sides, to send American Modern Orthodoxy into schism and compel the formation of a separate denomination called Open Orthodoxy”
For much of 2015, every effort was made, on both sides, to send American...
“…perhaps the biggest gap [between Orthodox and liberal streams] is in attitudes toward Israel”
It is no secret that there is an increasing divide between the Orthodox and...
‘Without the baal teshuva accepting his role, his unique gift and insight, these things cannot happen”
There’s a distinctly unfortunate reality of the orthodox world today: it largely has no...
“Dogmatic and divisive resolutions do not solve controversial issues within our community”
Dogmatic and divisive resolutions do not solve controversial issues within our community. They exacerbate...
“If the wise sages of the Orthodox world were able to pull back for a minute and look at the big picture, they would see Open Orthodoxy not as a threat but a potential asset.”
If the wise sages of the Orthodox world were able to pull back for...
“…the transformational ritual of Orthodoxy is the prohibition against driving on Shabbat”
Orthodoxy, more than any other denomination, is obsessed with sacred action. It doesn’t matter...
” The end result…is the institutionalizing of ignorance and poverty not out of principle but out of neglect”
This is not about a community’s right to religious freedom. So far, chasidic communities...