Category Archives: Orthodoxy

L.A.’s Orthodox Day Schools

Over 100 Jewish kids in the San Fernando Valley go to the right-wing Toras Emes (Yeshiva Rav Isacsohn Torath Emeth) in Beverly La Brea: ….includes 1,100 students in preschool to eighth grade, 240 staff members, five different buildings in the … Continue reading

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Israel’s Great Rabbis?

Elliot Resnick writes: Israeli "gedolim" are really a curious lot. They take stands on the most peculiar issues and remain silent on issues that seem to demand an outcry. Sparking the above observation is the ban — signed by Rav … Continue reading

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Feldman’s Complaint

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

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Genuine Dissent

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

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A Hug Or Snub For Noah Feldman?

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

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