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Category Archives: Orthodoxy
Why Be Religious?
Joe the Orthodox Jew emails: God let the human mind develop to the point where it can challenge the divine. It has probably gone way too far at this point. Think about it, take any story in the torah, especially … Continue reading
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Why Aren’t Most Jews Orthodox II?
I ask an Orthodox rabbi: “Why do you think most Jews are not Orthodox? Is the principal obstacle difficulty or expense or intellectual or moral? And what did you think of the Newsweek top 50 rabbis list?” Rabbi Ari Kahn, … Continue reading
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Why Aren’t Most Jews Orthodox?
I ask an Orthodox rabbi: “Why do you think most Jews are not Orthodox? Is the principal obstacle difficulty or expense or intellectual or moral? And what did you think of the Newsweek top 50 rabbis list?” The rabbi replied: … Continue reading
Should Orthodox Jewish Parents Worry About Sending Their Kids To A Secular College?
Jewish Theological Seminary professor Alan Mittleman wrote in First Things in 2003: There is a pamphlet making its way, via the Internet, through the Modern Orthodox stream of the American Jewish community. Written by Gil Perl and Yaakov Weinstein, graduate … Continue reading
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Conversion Before Modern Times
In his second lecture on R. Meir Simcha of Dvinsk for Torah in Motion, history professor Marc B. Shapiro says: Chaim Ozer Grodzinski said that even if you acknowledge you have desires and will commit certain sins, that does not … Continue reading
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