Open Orthodoxy ” The overall impression from Gordimer’s oeuvre is not that he has a critique of Open Orthodoxy based on particular issues, but based on their character…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 February 2016 Whatever you want to say about Open Orthodoxy, the attacks on it, particularly from...
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...
Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy “Rabbi Gordimer…offers nothing to those who ask the questions addressed by Open Orthodoxy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 26 January 2016 Rabbi Gordimer is not obliged to endorse or even respect Open Orthodoxy’s agenda or...
Open Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy “…exceedingly authentic: the societal changes Open Orthodoxy is fearlessly confronting within a Torah context” Author Drew Kaplan Date 31 December 2015 The problem is that you can ostracize Open Orthodoxy, but the issues they’re dealing...
Open Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy “…Open Orthodoxy can be the outreach arm for Orthodox Judaism” Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 December 2015 Just as Chabad is the outreach arm for ultra-Orthodox Judaism, Open Orthodoxy can be...
Open Orthodoxy “Open Orthodoxy is trying to balance two ideals: It wants to keep the neighborhood-like intimacy and rituals of Torah Judaism but make them more open and inclusive” Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 December 2015 Open Orthodoxy is trying to balance two ideals: It wants to keep the neighborhood-like...
Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy “…schism will lead to disaster and eventual oblivion for both sides” in Modern Orthodoxy Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 December 2015 I contend that schism will lead to disaster and eventual oblivion for both sides....
Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy “For much of 2015, every effort was made, on both sides, to send American Modern Orthodoxy into schism and compel the formation of a separate denomination called Open Orthodoxy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 December 2015 For much of 2015, every effort was made, on both sides, to send American...
Open Orthodoxy “If the wise sages of the Orthodox world were able to pull back for a minute and look at the big picture, they would see Open Orthodoxy not as a threat but a potential asset.” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 December 2015 If the wise sages of the Orthodox world were able to pull back for...
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...