Category Archives: Orthodoxy

The Rabbis Plan To Raise Ethical Awareness At Work

I’ve yet to hear of the rabbis ever asking any worker if there was a need for their ethics initiative. It sounds to me like this is an entirely top-down initiative. Rabbi Daniel Korobkin writes in the Jewish Journal: Peulat … Continue reading

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How Should Non-Jews Relate To God?

Orthodox rabbi Gil Student writes: In line with our recent discussion of religious diversity, I’d like to examine a particular contemporary view of religious pluralism in light of talmudic and midrashic sources — one attributed to Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan … Continue reading

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Conservatives Shouldn’t Try To Appeal To Minorities

I wonder how much these same arguments apply to synagogues reaching out to gays? There’s not a hint in this JTA story that same-sex sex might be completely against Judaism and appealing to its practicioners is appealing sentiments contrary to … Continue reading

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The Thing I Love Best About Orthodox Judaism Is How Its Makes You Feel

If you are a normal human being who adopts Orthodox Judaism, you’ll soon feel better about yourself. Practice Orthodox Judaism and you’ll walk around with a swagger. You’ll know who you are. You’ll never proclaim you’re a proud Jew. You’ll … Continue reading

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Searching For The Big O

This sounds a lot like morning services at my yoga center: At 7 a.m. each day, as the rest of America is eating Cheerios or trying to face gridlock without hyperventilating, about a dozen women, naked from the waist down, … Continue reading

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