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Category Archives: R. Natan Slifkin
The Mask and the Mirror: Antinomian Resentment in Secular and Orthodox Intellectual Life
Edward Shils did not merely argue that intellectuals resent authority. His sharper claim was that they resent dependence while craving recognition from the very center they attack. The modern intellectual wants to be seen as autonomous, even heroic in dissent, … Continue reading
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Orthodox Judaism’s Leading Apologists
From age eight to eleven, living at Avondale College in Australia, I had to read thirty to forty pages of Christian apologetics every day but the Sabbath and then type a one-page summary to show my father I had understood … Continue reading
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Decoding Rabbi Natan Slifkin
Through Alliance Theory, Rabbi Natan Slifkin is a boundary negotiator who triggered enforcement because he tried to expand what counted as legitimate inside the Haredi coalition. He began fully inside the system. Yeshiva educated. Connected to mainstream rabbinic authorities. His … Continue reading
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The Slifkin Challenge
David Kelsey writes: One of Rabbi Slifkin’s tormentors — one of the few who remains standing anyway, as many have been caught in one type of scandal or another — is rethinking whether he is helping or hurting Kiruv with … Continue reading
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Tagged apikorsim, David Kelsey, haredim, kiruv, kornreich, laundry list, rabbs, torah judaism
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The Redemption Of Natan Slifkin?
Rabbi Slifkin blogs: Beginning nearly six years ago, I was the target of a campaign which caused incredible hardship for my family and myself. Today, several years later, Baruch Hashem I am fine. And where are the people who engineered … Continue reading
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Tagged abuses of power, audio recordings, Conservative Judaism, financial scandal, shiurim, yeshivah
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