…the ability of an individual halakhist to bring about a change depends, to a certain extent, on his ability to foresee the […]
I know outstanding rabbis on the left of the political spectrum and others on the right. You can love Torah and vote […]
It is impossible to credit the claim that it doesn’t matter at all to the content of the halakhic system that those […]
…I still don’t see the objection to female clergy. I am not talking about women pulpit rabbis, but what is the problem […]
Gadolhood is less about the individual erudition of a given rabbi and more about a social fact, reflecting the experience of a […]
The charge that the establishment lacks even a healthy amount of dynamism is undeniably correct. Indeed, the RCA’s long failure to have […]
The firmness of R. lsserles finds its fullest expression in his commentary on the Shulchan Aruch and in the ד”מ, which served […]
A rabbi needs sufficient training to go deeper into Jewish tradition than a well-read Jew. The fact is, a student can develop […]
R. Elijah Zvi Soloveitchik, the traditional rabbi from Lithuania…is actually more sympathetic to Christian doctrine, even the doctrine of the Trinity, and […]
Rabbis in America and in Israel are used to speaking about political issues. They do it all the time. Do I want […]
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