Modern Orthodoxy, Semantics “…it is the modernist project that Rabbi Willig further fears will ‘lead to a schism within Orthodoxy…'” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 September 2015 …it is the modernist project that Rabbi Willig further fears will “lead to a...
Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy, YCT “Over the past generation new institutions…have emerged as counterweights to the rightward and isolationist drift within Orthodoxy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 August 2015 Over the past generation new institutions — Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, Yeshivat Maharat, JOFA and...
Haredim/Haredi-ism, Lubavicher Hasidim, Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy, YCT “Ironically, from a professional perspective the liberal YCT rabbi actually has more in common with Haredi outreach-oriented figures than the inreach focused RIETS graduates” Author Drew Kaplan Date 13 August 2015 Ironically, from a professional perspective the liberal YCT rabbi actually has more in common...
Haredim/Haredi-ism, Modern Orthodoxy “The main goal of attacking the Modern Orthodox efforts so vigorously, then, is not to dictate Modern Orthodox behavior but to clarify the limits of ‘Haredi feminism'” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 August 2015 There is a “silent” revolution taking place in which Haredi women are increasingly taking...
Jewish, Jews, Modern Orthodoxy “…it’s vital to the definition of a Torah community that we think that knowing more Torah, in some way, privileges you in a values conversation…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 July 2015 I think, in a Torah community, it’s vital to the definition of a Torah...
Modern Orthodoxy “There is no real reason for Modern Orthodoxy to be, in any way, connected to Brisk” Author Drew Kaplan Date 29 June 2015 There is no real reason for Modern Orthodoxy to be, in any way, connected...
Modern Orthodoxy “Scholarship and the arts are thus neglected as leisure activities” for the Modern Orthodox nowadays Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 June 2015 While many pay lip service to intellectual activities or the arts, they do not...
Modern Orthodoxy “Current Modern Orthodox theology is Litvish and hyper-Maimonidean, it lacks a native spiritual core, and does not satisfy people’s search for meaning” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 June 2015 Contemporary Modern Orthodoxy is struggling; a significant number of its adherents are abandoning yiddishkeit...
Modern Orthodoxy “American Modern Orthodoxy must first recognize the problem: namely that it is not as intellectually vibrant or creative as it once was” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 June 2015 American Modern Orthodoxy must first recognize the problem: namely that it is not as...
Modern Orthodoxy “Unlike the more insular ultra-Orthodox communities, Modern Orthodoxy puts a bigger premium on studying at the best colleges and pursuing professional careers” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 May 2015 Modern Orthodoxy is especially vulnerable to kids leaving the derech, precisely because its philosophy...