Category Archives: Orthodoxy

From The Jewish Press editorial: Mr. Feldman’s presumption is breathtaking. He offers dubious instant analyses of Jewish law and history in support of what seems to be his underlying premise that normative Judaism is far more an uncertain and elusive … Continue reading →

Allan Nadler writes for the Forward about Noah Feldman and his ilk: Today’s “non-conformists” exhibit an insatiable need for personal approval by the communities they have betrayed — the surest sign that they have not engaged in any serious intellectual … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →