“For the rabbis, breastfeeding offers a fascinating set of variables for academic investigation”
For the rabbis, breastfeeding offers a fascinating set of variables for academic investigation. First,...
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“I want to know what my rabbi thinks of Jacob and Rachel, not of Pence and Pelosi”
I know outstanding rabbis on the left of the political spectrum and others on...
“…it is, I think, the biggest, the one most central to the debates within Orthodoxy today, and the most personal”
It is impossible to credit the claim that it doesn’t matter at all to...
“The rift between centrist and open Orthodoxy is…about the nature of gadolhood and the structure of rabbinic authority…”
The rift between centrist and open Orthodoxy, is thus not only about who is...
“Gadolhood is less about the individual erudition of a given rabbi and more about a social fact…”
Gadolhood is less about the individual erudition of a given rabbi and more about...
“…it is a fruitless quest to continue to try to find elusive rabbinic sources for everything which Paul wrote”
In the case of Paul and the rabbis, let us assume that, at no...
“…although Modern Orthodoxy has produced many brilliant and dedicated leaders and laymen, it has yet to cultivate younger figures possessing the authority and broad appeal of its founding fathers”
The charge that the establishment lacks even a healthy amount of dynamism is undeniably...
“The firmness of R. lsserles finds its fullest expression in his commentary on the Shulchan Aruch”
The firmness of R. lsserles finds its fullest expression in his commentary on the...
“A rabbi needs sufficient training to go deeper into Jewish tradition than a well-read Jew”
A rabbi needs sufficient training to go deeper into Jewish tradition than a well-read...
“…don’t believe anyone who says that you must have an all-or-nothing relationship with the dominant culture and its expressions”
Television, social media, rock and roll and hip-hop music and movies are, unquestionably, tempting...