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Category Archives: R. Avi Weiss
Decoding R. Avi Weiss
ChatGPT says: Through Alliance Theory, Rabbi Avi Weiss is best understood as a boundary-redefinition entrepreneur who attempted to rebuild Orthodox legitimacy by changing how authority is earned, exercised, and justified, rather than by abandoning Orthodoxy outright. He did not try … Continue reading
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Second thoughts on this petition to take down Syria’s regime?
I email Professor Jonathan Sarna about this petition he signed in 2013 along with Leon Wieseltier, Joseph Telushkin, Shmuly Yanklowitz, Avi Weiss, Yosef Blau, David Wolpe, Eric Yoffie, Menachem Genack, Steven Weil, Haskel Lookstein, Mark Dratch, Jeffrey K. Salkin to … Continue reading
Posted in Jonathan D. Sarna, Leon Wieseltier, R. Avi Weiss, R. David Wolpe, R. Mark Dratch, R. Steven Weil, Syria
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The Destructive Clergy Flowing From R. Avi Weiss’s Yeshivot
I notice that many of the Orthodox Jewish clergy joining the “Black Lives Matter” campaign come from the yeshivot of R. Avi Weiss, such as Chovevei Torah and Yeshivat Maharat. Why I Was Arrested in St. Louis August 13, 2015 … Continue reading
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Rabbi Avi Weiss’s Bridge Too Far On Female Orthodox Rabbis
Rabbi Avi Weiss miscalculated. He thought he could get support on this issue without talking to anyone. His approach was the opposite of Chana Henkin‘s. She created a limited semicha (rabbinic ordination) for women to rule on Jewish law. She … Continue reading
Posted in Chana Henkin, Haredi, Orthodoxy, R. Avi Weiss, R. Yosef Kanefsky, YCT
Tagged chief rabbi, family purity, marc angel, orthodox rabbis, purity laws, rabba, rabbi avi weiss, rabbi weiss, s bridge, semicha
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Training Women To Become Orthodox Spiritual Leaders
From a JTA blog (link): Rabbi Avi Weiss announced last week he was creating Yeshivat Maharat, "an Orthodox Yeshiva of Higher Learning … [to] train women to become Orthodox Spiritual Leaders – full members of the Rabbinic Clergy – in … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Modern Orthodox, Orthodoxy, R. Avi Weiss
Tagged bayit, full complement, pastoral duties, rabbi avi weiss, semicha, university campuses
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