Category Archives: Orthodoxy

The Role Of Beauty In Orthodox Judaism

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Luke Ford

I just did an interview with Rael Levinsohn: Human beings revel in beauty, sensual and erotic pleasures, many would argue that is what makes life worth living. The media and popular culture and the adult film industry exists to bring … Continue reading →

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American Orthodoxy Has No Public Intellectuals

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Luke Ford

In his fourth lecture on R. Chaim Ozer Grodzinksi for Torah in Motion, history professor Marc B. Shapiro says: Jonathan Sacks is in England. American Orthodox Judaism has no public intellectuals. After Michael Wyschogrod, Meir Soloveitchik may be the most … Continue reading →

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Why Don’t Rabbis Condemn Their Own Jewish Terrorists?

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Luke Ford

In his second lecture on R. Chaim Ozer Grodzinksi for Torah in Motion, history professor Marc B. Shapiro says: The Haredi community in Jerusalem did terrible things to Rav Kook. The Agudah leadership, including R. Chaim Ozer Grodzinksi were horrified … Continue reading →

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The New Type Of Rabbi

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Luke Ford

In his second lecture on R. Chaim Ozer Grodzinksi for Torah in Motion, history professor Marc B. Shapiro says: Rabbi Yitzkak Rubenstein serves as the spiritual rav of Vilna. He served as spiritual rav in Chaim Ozer’s place for four … Continue reading →

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Was The Yeshiva The Great Equalizer?

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Luke Ford

In his second lecture on R. Chaim Ozer Grodzinksi for Torah in Motion, history professor Marc B. Shapiro says: As with most gadolim, Chaim Ozer comes from a rabbinical family. This notion that people have that the great equalizer is … Continue reading →

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