Category Archives: Noah Feldman

A Hug Or Snub For Noah Feldman?

Jonathan Mark writes: The Harvard Law professor says he was ignored by the school’s higher-ups once he intermarried. He understood the halachic-based disapproval, he said in an interview with The Jewish Week. But he contrasted the lack of a familial … Continue reading

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The Orthodox Paradox

Natan Nestel writes: By aberrant anecdote and omission Noah Feldman’s article on Jewish Orthodoxy includes numerous mischaracterizations, and generally slanders a faith defined by its commitment to universal justice. First, Feldman tries to argue that Orthodoxy does not value the … Continue reading

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Noah Feldman admits controversial photo was not altered by school, which acknowledges it axed his lifecycle notices

Jonathan Mark writes for The Jewish Week: Noah Feldman, who ignited a firestorm of criticism last week with his pointed attack on Modern Orthodoxy in The New York Times Magazine, admitted this week that he learned before publication of his … Continue reading

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Intermarriage and the New York Times

Rabbi Benjamin Blech writes: Readers of the New York Times must have been surprised to learn this past week that modern Orthodox Jews are some of the most extreme religious fanatics. That at least is the impression left by Harvard … Continue reading

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NOAH FELDMAN PLAYS A DANGEROUS GAME OF CONNECT THE DOTS

Shira Dicker (married to journalist Ari Goldman whose mother Judy was the sister of Mindy Lamm, Rabbi Norman’s sister) posts: I personally think that Maimonides’ decision to airbrush you out of their newsletter was pretty stupid. But you shouldn’t have … Continue reading

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