“One of the challenges for Modern Orthodoxy in particular is to enable halakhic conversation across the feminist/nonfeminist divide”
One of the challenges for Modern Orthodoxy in particular is to enable halakhic conversation...
Category Archives: Jewish
“The Haggadah is not the story of the exodus from Egypt”
The Haggadah is not the story of the exodus from Egypt. Far from it....
“Whether this king indeed knew nothing of Joseph has long been a matter of some debate”
Before the curse of the mallet and the tyrannical command of the lash, before...
“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?”
Rabbi Gordimer gives us a continuing list of controversial statements from people identified with...
“The question is whether change—if and when it comes—will originate out of the effort to preserve tradition or to drag it into lockstep with politics”
Traditional Judaism believes that men and women occupy different roles in society because they...
“…Agudah finally threw in the towel and accepted the internet, setting up a website for the convention and broadcasting live…”
This past year, we were told that it was Agudath Israel of America’s 93rd...
“Modern Orthodoxy’s right wing must step up and join the real conversation”
Modern Orthodoxy’s right wing must step up and join the real conversation. The questions...
“…although Modern Orthodoxy has produced many brilliant and dedicated leaders and laymen, it has yet to cultivate younger figures possessing the authority and broad appeal of its founding fathers”
The charge that the establishment lacks even a healthy amount of dynamism is undeniably...
“Shoshana has been borrowed in Latin and European languages to become Susanna (and its pet forms: Susie, Sue, Susan, Suzanne)”
The lovely girl in Song of Songs is compared to a lily of the...
“…it is important for the halakhic community to understand that there needs to be different paths for different people…”
…it is important for the halakhic community to understand that there needs to be...