“The Jewish model of leadership…befits a people who share God’s lofty vision of justice, but who know this world all too well”
The Jewish model of leadership is filled with conflict, tension and stress. We are...
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“How did it happen that some Second Temple sources define piety as abstaining from sex on Shabbat, but that the Rabbis defined Shabbat by the embrace of this very activity?”
How did it happen that some Second Temple sources define piety as abstaining from...
“The motivations and ideology of Second Temple sectarian groups appear primarily in Rabbinic tales…, yet employing these stories for the purpose of writing history is problematical”
The motivations and ideology of Second Temple sectarian groups appear primarily in Rabbinic tales...
“There is no real reason for Modern Orthodoxy to be, in any way, connected to Brisk”
There is no real reason for Modern Orthodoxy to be, in any way, connected...
“…although much of Second Temple and Rabbinic literature can be read in light of the Greek and later Roman-Christian context in which they were composed…”
…although much of Second Temple and Rabbinic literature can be read in light of...
“We understandably become so preoccupied with Jew hatred…that we’ve forgotten to explore what we actually are”
Anti-Semitism is undeniably on campuses — even at some elementary schools — and along...
“…when you accept money to be a Rabbi, or teach Torah, you are inherently limited by your employer…”
Chazal are very against using Torah to earn a living for that very reason....
“There can be no doubt that ‘give others the benefit of the doubt’ is a wickedly tricky piece of rabbinic instruction”
“With righteousness shall you judge your fellow.” So reads a verse in this morning’s...
“During World War II, Jews still felt the sting of social anti-Semitism that had, for so long, limited where they could live and with whom they might work”
During World War II, Jews still felt the sting of social anti-Semitism that had,...
“We must promote rigorous study with honest and critical analysis, making it accessible to all and moving away from unchecked centralized rabbinic authority”
We must promote rigorous study with honest and critical analysis, making it accessible to...