The Limits of Modern Orthodoxy (Guest Post)
My Obiter Dicta (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Once again Aiwac says it better than I could. This time, on Neemanei Torah va'Avodah .
Modern Orthodox Judaism: Orthodox Judaism, Azriel Hildesheimer, Samson Raphael Hirsch, Torah im Derech Eretz, Torah Umadda
My Obiter Dicta (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Once again Aiwac says it better than I could. This time, on Neemanei Torah va'Avodah .
Acton Institute PowerBlog (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... to comment at the site and suggest updates. We’re especially hoping to add sources in early modern Orthodoxy (as they are available). Meeter Center Launches New Web-based Resource for Reformation and Post-Reformation Studies GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (October 31, 2009) — A newly-available research tool, sponsored by the H. Read More...
Maharal, Rambam and Parsha (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
There are often huge divides between what something is ideally supposed to be and in reality what it ends up being. The divide that I want to discuss is that which exists in modern orthodoxy. How did the ideology depart from reality in such a severe way? In the ideology behind modern orthodoxy a Jew is supposed to follow their Rabbi's judgement, like Jews have been doing...
Hirhurim - Musings (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
... on individuals’ obligations to the tzibbur]. Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff - The problem of modern orthodoxy : link What’s MO's problem? Sex! (haredim too – just different time of life) Rabbi Michael Taubes - Shalom Zachor and is it also for Girls : link An analysis of the Talmudic “shavua haben” and whether it applies to shalom zachor or something else....
Cross-Currents (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
... job on New York’s Artscroll publishing house, with a puerile undertone of “my prayer book – and Orthodoxy — is better than yours” added for good measure. Rabbi Dr. Finkelman begins benignly enough, noting how enthusiastically the new volume has been received among some Modern Orthodox Jews and wondering why that might be. He posits that the Koren work represents a “confident, unapologetic...