Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy “…Gordimer seems not only unwilling to negotiate that balance…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 14 February 2016 …object of Gordimer’s displeasure is the “Joy of Text” podcast, which discusses matters of...
Modern Orthodoxy, Open Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy “Gordimer’s approach would ultimately consign Modern Orthodoxy to the ash heaps of Jewish history for its irrelevance. It’s also anti-historic” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 February 2016 For those of us on the fence about these issues, Gordimer’s dialectic is untenable,...
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...
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...