“Open Orthodox rabbis pride themselves on their hospitality to those who are not Orthodox…”
Open Orthodox rabbis pride themselves on their hospitality to those who are not Orthodox....
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“I often think that, somehow, a rabbi feels that he can’t be human – he has to be rabbinic…”
I often think that, somehow, a rabbi feels that he can’t be human –...
“…it is worth noting that Iranian literature can even illuminate rabbinic texts produced in Roman Palestine, beyond what is usually seen as the orbit of Iranian culture…”
First, it is worth noting that Iranian literature can even illuminate rabbinic texts produced...
“In reproducing itself, Orthodoxy evolved many cells, defined by varying behaviors and ideologies”
In reproducing itself, Orthodoxy evolved many cells, defined by varying behaviors and ideologies. Wertheimer...
“…when you have made up your mind to believe that your rabbi is God, neither death nor disappearance will discourage you”
Apparently, when you have made up your mind to believe that your rabbi is...
Artscroll and Reuben laying with Bilhah
Genesis 35:22 states that “Reuben lay with Bilhah.” The Artscroll multi-volume commentary on Bereshit...
“Modern Orthodoxy needs intellectual vibrancy in order to flourish…”
Who in the Orthodox community is engaging in original Jewish thought? While Christians have...
“…in Merkaz those learning are doing so for the sake of the nation, while in the haredi yeshivot those learning are doing so for themselves…”
A number of years ago I asked someone in Merkaz ha-Rav how his yeshiva...
“…it is problematic to assume that individuals, even if they share a willingness to stretch the boundaries of Orthodoxy, form part of a common accommodative camp…”
In sum, it is problematic to assume that individuals, even if they share a...
“Israel was a collective statement on the part of an oppressed and persecuted people that they were tired of being afraid…”
For thousands of years to be a Jew meant being afraid. Afraid of anti-Semites,...