Category Archives: Marc B. Shapiro

Book Review: Changing the Immutable: How Orthodox Judaism Rewrites Its History

Adam Ferziger writes: As such, from the outset of his prolific academic career Shapiro directed his energies toward exposing the underbelly of the picture that Schwab and his like-minded Orthodox compatriots sought to paint. He is by no means the … Continue reading

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Marc B. Shapiro Interview

Alan Brill writes: 11) How was it working for Professor Twersky as an advisor? As to how Twersky was as an advisor, I know that there are difficult stories from the decades before I was there, of students having to … Continue reading

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Free Speech & Jewish Law

From New Jersey Jewish News: Moderator Andrew Napolitano, a New Jersey Superior Court Judge from 1987 to 1995 and the current senior judicial analyst at Fox News Channel, kicked off a broad discussion of First Amendment controversies with a question … Continue reading

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The Agunah Problem, Part 1; Incarceration and Free Speech

Marc B. Shapiro blogs: As for the problem of women not being able to get a divorce because the man refuses, there are some important points that must be made which I don’t think everyone is aware of. Today, many … Continue reading

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Dr. Shapiro reveals eye-opening facts about how the rabbis and others changed Judaism

Israel Drazin writes on Amazon.com about Marc Shapiro’s new book: Since time began, since the more intelligent men and women realized they had ideas they could not share with others, yet they had to speak, they learnt to lie. Highly … Continue reading

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