“…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”
From my time as an Orthodox rabbi on a college campus, I saw firsthand...
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“…a widespread tendency to think that Jewish issues don’t have the same depth or require the same scrutiny as other areas of human experience”
…a widespread tendency to think that Jewish issues don’t have the same depth or...
“More Jews in the West than elsewhere were raised by intermarried parents”
… the undeniable impact of intermarriage and other features of Jewish social networks, or...
“Prohibition took effect in January, 1920, and, all at once, people really did stop drinking, at least for a time”
Prohibition took effect in January, 1920, and, all at once, people really did stop...
“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?”
This past year we were told that it was Agudath Israel of America’s 93rd...
“For Rabbi Gordimer, all poskim share the same ‘process’. Not only is this historically incorrect, it isn’t even ‘doctrine'”
Rabbi Gordimer claims that there is no such thing as Modern Orthodox pesak, and...
“This rise of the individual comes, for better and for worse, with a weakening of large, centralized institutions”
Ongoing social, technological and political shifts should prompt us to embrace a culture of...
“…if there wasn’t an Open Orthodoxy to kick around, YU and Modern Orthodoxy would once again be the focus”
This obsession with the Open Orthodox reminds me of how in earlier centuries Christian...
“…Gordimer seems not only unwilling to negotiate that balance…”
…object of Gordimer’s displeasure is the “Joy of Text” podcast, which discusses matters of...
“Gordimer’s approach would ultimately consign Modern Orthodoxy to the ash heaps of Jewish history for its irrelevance. It’s also anti-historic”
For those of us on the fence about these issues, Gordimer’s dialectic is untenable,...