Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy “Alas it is the centrists who always suffer the most in these battles” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 March 2016 …one sad consequence of this schism and the internecine fighting leading up to it,...
Modern Orthodoxy “…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” Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 March 2016 …Modern Orthodox education does stress some core beliefs: on the one side, the divinity...
Modern Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy “…we have an obligation to respond with integrity and thoughtfulness to the critiques people in their 20s and 30s are bringing to the communal table” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 March 2016 From my time as an Orthodox rabbi on a college campus, I saw firsthand...
Halakhah, Haredim/Haredi-ism, Modern Orthodoxy “For Rabbi Gordimer, all poskim share the same ‘process’. Not only is this historically incorrect, it isn’t even ‘doctrine'” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 February 2016 Rabbi Gordimer claims that there is no such thing as Modern Orthodox pesak, and...
Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy “…if there wasn’t an Open Orthodoxy to kick around, YU and Modern Orthodoxy would once again be the focus” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 February 2016 This obsession with the Open Orthodox reminds me of how in earlier centuries Christian...
Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy “…a wider battle taking place between the Modern Orthodox establishment, led nominally by the RCA, and a vocal left-wing minority known as Open Orthodoxy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 February 2016 …last week’s uproar offers another occasion, far from the first in recent years, to...
Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy “Gordimer’s tactics do achieve one purpose; they squelch free and open debate” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 February 2016 Gordimer’s tactics do achieve one purpose; they squelch free and open debate. It’s always...
Modern Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy “Orthodox Judaism today is not struggling against the allure of a more Protestant Americanized ethos” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 February 2016 Orthodox Judaism today is not struggling against the allure of a more Protestant Americanized...
Modern Orthodoxy “Modern Orthodoxy…will have to invest in initiatives that engage the social, cultural, and political issues of the day…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 31 January 2016 As for the broader challenges confronting Modern Orthodoxy, its religious and lay leadership, if...
Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy “Gordimer’s refusal/failure to propose a new model of Modern Orthodoxy…bespeaks a failure in his thinking…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 31 January 2016 Orthodox Jewry of our days needs new constructs. Tradition, once again needs to be...