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Category Archives: Noah Feldman
‘Noah Feldman May Be Very Smart, But He Isn’t Very Wise’
Marc B. Shapiro writes: Professor Isadore Twersky once mentioned in class that although this book’s title should have mentioned Maimonides, in 1929 Harvard University Press would not publish a book with such a title. In this regard, he also called … Continue reading
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The Noah Feldman Debate Just Won’t Die
Izzy Grinspan writes: Last Thursday night, NYU hosted a debate between Birthright Israel founder Michael Steinhardt, rabbi and TV personality Shmuley Boteach, and law professor Noah Feldman on the question “Are Jews different?” But as commenter agenius put it over … Continue reading
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The Orthodox Paradox
From The Jewish Press’s editorial in this week’s issue: In early 1992, reacting to alarming statistics on the occurrence of intermarriage (52% as compared to 9% in 1965), a splinter group of rabbis in the Rabbinical Council of America, who … Continue reading
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The Orthodox Paradox
Jonathan Rosenblum writes: …Feldman has performed one valuable service: His piece serves as a warning against the easy assumption that the best in secular learning can be readily reconciled with passionate Torah study. When equal emphasis is placed on the … Continue reading
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The Orthodox Paradox
Joey Kurtzman writes for Jewcy: At the 1998 reunion of Noah Feldman’s Maimonides yeshiva class, no one could possibly have imagined that a few group photographs–all wide Jewy smiles and shapeless sorta-Orthodox outfits–would spark a seat-ripping public debate almost a … Continue reading
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