“Segments of Orthodoxy claim to engage in neo-hasidut but it is mostly relegated to surface-level singing and dancing…”

Segments of Orthodoxy claim to engage in neo-hasidut, but it is mostly relegated to surface-level singing and dancing approach in the style of Hasidic troubadour Reb Shlomo Carlebach. These expressions of external practice can surely be meaningful, but, as they are rendered currently, it is not a truly holistic rigorous re-interpretative renewal process of that revives the texts to their spiritual grandeur.

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, “Translating Texts in Postmodern Judaism”, Social Justice Rav (6 April 2015) [http://www.jewishjournal.com/socialjusticerav/item/translating_texts_in_postmodern_judaism]