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Category Archives: Marc B. Shapiro
What Influence Does Dennis Prager Have In Orthodox Judaism?
Historian Marc B. Shapiro tells me: “I don’t think he has any influence. I don’t ever see him quoted by Orthodox figures (although Rabbi Rakefet quotes a line from Prager a lot). He doesn’t speak in Orthodox shuls or write … Continue reading
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Israel’s Haredi Welfare State
In his first lecture on R. Joseph Mesas for Torah in Motion, professor Marc B. Shapiro says: The Talmud says explicitly that if you don’t work, if all you do is study, it will lead to thievery. “This society of … Continue reading
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Marc B. Shapiro: If Christianity Isn’t Idolatry, Then What Is?
According to the chief rabbinate of Israel, Hinduism is not idolatry. Hindus see themselves as monotheist. They’re not monotheists by our Jewish standard. Hinduism has no doctrine of incarnation, of God becoming man. That’s the essence of Christianity and that’s … Continue reading
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Carrying On The Sabbath
In his second lecture on R. Joseph Mesas for Torah in Motion, professor Marc B. Shapiro says: “If R. Joseph Mesas made his rulings in America, we’d think he was a Conservative rabbi.” “In Algeria in the 1920s, 1930s, the … Continue reading
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Orthodox Women Covering Their Hair
In his second lecture on R. Joseph Mesas for Torah in Motion, professor Marc B. Shapiro says: In the 1950s at RIETS (the rabbinical school at Yeshiva University), about one percent of the rabbis in training had wives who covered … Continue reading
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