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Monthly Archives: March 2016
R. Yosef Mizrachi’s Remarks On The Holocaust
Marc B. Shapiro writes: Yosef Mizrachi is in the news. It began with his unbelievably ignorant comments about the Holocaust and soon moved into other outrageous things he said, both about the Holocaust and in general.[20] Years ago I found … Continue reading
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Orthodox Judaism & Human Dignity
From Marc Shapiro: R. Ahron Soloveichik wrote: “Every human being, regardless of religion, race, origin, or creed, is endowed with divine dignity. Consequently all people are to be treated with equal respect and dignity. Anyone who fails to apply a … Continue reading
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Orthodox Jewish Universalism
Alan Brill writes: The Mishnah (Sanhedrin 4:5) teaches the universal doctrine that God began humanity by creating an individual human being, Adam, “to teach that if anyone destroy a single soul from humankind, Scripture charges him as though he had … Continue reading
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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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Subversive Jews
Scholar Jonathan Sarna describes a minority of Jews in early America as “critics, subversives and dissenters.” Why would they act that way? Perhaps it’s a simple function of identity theory. The more strongly you identify with your group, such as … Continue reading