“The denominational war for the heart and soul of American Judaism is over”
The denominational war for the heart and soul of American Judaism is over. The...
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“…American Jews are intrinsically dynamic: forever reinventing ourselves in ways that often threaten the established leadership…”
American Jewry is always at a crossroads. This is because American Jews are intrinsically...
“Many Israelis believe that while this rift between Israel and diaspora Jewry is unfortunate, it is also inevitable”
Many Israelis believe that while this rift between Israel and diaspora Jewry is unfortunate,...
“… the primary concern is the growing disharmony, mutual disinterest and even sometimes alienation between American Jewry and the State of Israel”
Many of the characteristics that have ensured the continued survival, resilience, recurring prosperity and...
“There is a dramatic imbalance between the way Jews perceive themselves and the ways we are perceived by others”
There is a dramatic imbalance between the way Jews perceive themselves and the ways...
“The aspects of secular Jewish culture that America has embraced are barely Jewish anymore…”
…as Jews have moved fully into the cultural mainstream, it’s become harder to identify...
“We have been living on yesterday’s fumes for too long”
We have been living on yesterday’s fumes for too long. Old fashioned anti-anti-Semitism, unrealistic...
“…this is what it’s come to. Rabbis today in America have to be proficient in the language of Iranian sanctions…”
Not long ago, I was sitting with a group of fellow rabbis when the...
“The question, however, is whether the Synagogue, itself, particularly in its present form, can cope with the crisis which faces American Jewry”
The Synagogue is one of the major forces in Jewish life in America. The...
“Rabbis across the spectrum of Modern Orthodoxy…point to a community that has absorbed American understandings of the sovereign self”
While such disagreements on matters of Jewish law occupy the foreground, a series of...