Category Archives: Orthodoxy

Pacific Jewish Center Seeks New Rabbi

Posted on September 7, 2007 by Luke Ford

The Venice shul looking for someone modern and dynamic who will do outreach and attract new members (a la rabbis Daniel and David Lapin, their previous rabbis). The past rabbi, Geiger, was more staid. Wilshire Boulevard Temple (Reform in Korea … Continue reading →

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Who took the modern out of Modern Orthodoxy?

Posted on September 5, 2007 by Luke Ford

Ben Atlas writes on reshimu.com: On the subject of the upheaval on Hirhurim. Enough have been said about the Modern Orthodoxy trending right. But specifically about the vitriol, fundamentalism and intolerance evidenced in the conversations. Big part of the YU … Continue reading →

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Adas Torah – Up And Coming Orthodox Shul On Beverly Dr

Posted on September 1, 2007 by Luke Ford

It’s largely composed of the black-hatted offspring of such Modern Orthodox shuls as Beth Jacob and Young Israel of Century City. Adas Torah is starting a kollel (where married men will study Torah full-time). Not sure how much of a … Continue reading →

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The Orthodox Paradox

Posted on August 16, 2007 by Luke Ford

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

Posted on August 13, 2007 by Luke Ford

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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