Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy “Alas it is the centrists who always suffer the most in these battles” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 March 2016 …one sad consequence of this schism and the internecine fighting leading up to it,...
Modern Orthodoxy “…Modern Orthodox education does stress some core beliefs: on the one side, the divinity of Torah law and the centrality of Jewish peoplehood and Zionism; on the other side, the unquestionable value of secular education and accomplishment” Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 March 2016 …Modern Orthodox education does stress some core beliefs: on the one side, the divinity...
Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy “…we must recognize there is a lot of good in all camps and we should support positive developments no matter where they originate” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 March 2016 As noted already, Rabbi Gordimer is an avid reader of Open Orthodox writings. In...
Modern Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy “…we have an obligation to respond with integrity and thoughtfulness to the critiques people in their 20s and 30s are bringing to the communal table” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 March 2016 From my time as an Orthodox rabbi on a college campus, I saw firsthand...
Haredim/Haredi-ism “This past year we were told that it was Agudath Israel of America’s 93rd convention. … How is this possible if Agudath Israel in America was not formed until 1939?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 February 2016 This past year we were told that it was Agudath Israel of America’s 93rd...
Halakhah, Haredim/Haredi-ism, Modern Orthodoxy “For Rabbi Gordimer, all poskim share the same ‘process’. Not only is this historically incorrect, it isn’t even ‘doctrine'” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 February 2016 Rabbi Gordimer claims that there is no such thing as Modern Orthodox pesak, and...
Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy “…if there wasn’t an Open Orthodoxy to kick around, YU and Modern Orthodoxy would once again be the focus” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 February 2016 This obsession with the Open Orthodox reminds me of how in earlier centuries Christian...
Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy “…Gordimer seems not only unwilling to negotiate that balance…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 14 February 2016 …object of Gordimer’s displeasure is the “Joy of Text” podcast, which discusses matters of...
Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy “Gordimer’s approach would ultimately consign Modern Orthodoxy to the ash heaps of Jewish history for its irrelevance. It’s also anti-historic” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 February 2016 For those of us on the fence about these issues, Gordimer’s dialectic is untenable,...
Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy “…a wider battle taking place between the Modern Orthodox establishment, led nominally by the RCA, and a vocal left-wing minority known as Open Orthodoxy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 February 2016 …last week’s uproar offers another occasion, far from the first in recent years, to...