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Category Archives: R. Michael J. Broyde
Decoding Rabbi Michael Broyde
ChatGPT says: Rabbi Michael Broyde is a boundary engineer for a stressed intellectual alliance rather than a communal ruler or charismatic leader. Broyde operates at a fault line. Modern Orthodoxy wants to participate fully in liberal legal and academic culture … Continue reading
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Rabbis: Why We Shouldn’t Force Hasidic Jews To Offer Secular Education
There’s not a word in this essay about what is plainly in America’s interests. Clearly, America benefits from a population that is literate in its national language, English, and knows basic math and history and other secular subjects well enough … Continue reading
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How Much Confidentiality Should You Expect When You Consult With A Rabbi?
What expectation of confidentiality should you expect when you consult with a rabbi? For instance, with the priest in the confessional, you expect 100% confidentiality. But I heard the other night that there should be no expectation of confidentiality when … Continue reading
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More Questions About Rabbi Michael J. Broyde
I’ve long had suspicions about Rabbi Broyde because his legal rulings seemed much more liberal than the sources would dictate. They seemed dictated by a left-wing agenda rather than honesty to Jewish text. There seemed to be some funny business … Continue reading
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Behind The Scenes of The Jewish Channel’s Expose Of Rabbi Michael J. Broyde
Read journalist Steven I. Weiss’s latest work here. I did the following interview via FB: LF: How often does TJC do this kind of investigative journalism? Has TJC done anything like this before? SIW: TJC pursues reporting of all kinds, … Continue reading
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Rabbi Michael Broyde Admits Using A Fake Internet Identity To Tout His Own Work
Sociology professor and prolific author Samuel Heilman, the writer of a recent book on the Lubavitcher rebbe, has been accused of a similar practice of using a fake internet identity to tout his own work and to attack his critic … Continue reading
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When The Goyim Mock Us For Not Wearing Shoes
Rabbi Michael Broyde writes: "Second, we now live in a society where Jews ought to seek to conduct themselves in ways that cause the Gentiles around us not to mock us. Halacha frowns on letting Jews be mocked and certainly … Continue reading
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Tagged 9th of av, ashkenazic, converse allstars, gentiles, goyim, Jews, rabbi michael, russian empire, uncommon practice
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‘Transforming Identity: The Ritual Transition From Gentile To Jew – Structure and Meaning’
From Hirhurim: In the latest issue of Tradition (link), hot off the presses and available online, R. Michael J. Broyde publishes a review of Avi Sagi and Zvi Zohar’s book about conversion, Transforming Identity: The Ritual Transition from Gentile to … Continue reading
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Tagged avi sagi, conversion controversy, Hirhurim, jewish legal system, mainstream approach, Marc B. Shapiro, michael j broyde, professor shapiro, rabbinic tradition, talmudic sources
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