Modern Orthodoxy’s “future will likely be as ambiguous and complicated as its complex, tension-filled philosophy”
Despite Rabbi Lamm’s eloquent and intellectually sophisticated elucidations of the Modern Orthodox world view,...
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“The overpriced balloon of the Modern Orthodox experience rests on three core flaws”
The overpriced balloon of the Modern Orthodox experience rests on three core flaws: Jewish...
“There are women who are learned and it is only fitting that they too have a title”
…I still don’t see the objection to female clergy. I am not talking about...
“…the reconciliation of the Torah’s discussion of homosexuality represents the single most formidable religious challenge for our young people today”
This may surprise many adults, but the reconciliation of the Torah’s discussion of homosexuality...
“…Modern Orthodox education does stress some core beliefs: on the one side, the divinity of Torah law and the centrality of Jewish peoplehood and Zionism; on the other side, the unquestionable value of secular education and accomplishment”
…Modern Orthodox education does stress some core beliefs: on the one side, the divinity...
“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...
“Jewish Americans have a halakhic obligation to support a wise Syrian refugee immigration policy, but the specifics of what that would be?”
Jewish Americans have a halakhic obligation to support a wise policy, but the specifics...
“Modern Orthodox Jews often express ambivalence about these workarounds”
Modern Orthodox Jews often express ambivalence about these workarounds. On the one hand, the...
“Scholarship and the arts are thus neglected as leisure activities” for the Modern Orthodox nowadays
While many pay lip service to intellectual activities or the arts, they do not...
Diminishing Numbers of Modern Orthodox Jews in America Contrasted with Haredim in America
As compared with the 3 percent of American Jews who (according to Pew) identify...