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Tag Archives: Yeshiva University
You Can Be Modern Or You Can Be Orthodox Or You Can Lie To Yourself And Others
There is no way to reconcile Orthodox Judaism with modern disinterested scholarship. You can be Orthodoxprax (practice Orthodox Judaism while keeping your heretical views to yourself) but then you are not honest to the religion you practice. Orthodox academics making … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Orthodoxy
Tagged bible scholar, intellectual discourse, James kugel, orthodox judaism, stern college, Yeshiva University
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Chairman of Yeshiva University Business School Arrested in $50 Billion Ponzi Scheme
Gadi Pickholz emails: Chairman of Yeshiva University Syms School of Business indicted in one of the largest ponzi schemes in history, as much as $50 BILLION — not million. Sorry, something is fundamentally wrong. From an analytic and statistical approach, … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Yeshiva University
Tagged fundraising capabilities, probability charts, rabbi menachem, sexual scandals, university business school, Yeshiva University
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Rabbi Emanuel Rackman Dead
I got an email from a shul saying: "The funeral will be in [Israel]." Emanuel Rackman was one of the great minds of Modern Orthodoxy, a far greater intellect than Shalom Auslander‘s uncle Norman Lamm who beat him out for … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Orthodox
Tagged 5th avenue, american orthodoxy, far rockaway queens, new york board of rabbis, norman lamm, rabbi emanuel, rabbinical council of america, Shalom Auslander, shul, Yeshiva University
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Judaism’s Insights Into The Financial Crisis
Rabbi Gil Student writes: The Time website has an article about two scholarly articles about Jewish business ethics and the current financial cresis (link). One article is by R. Aaron Levine, chairman of the Economics Department at Yeshiva University, and … Continue reading
Posted in Judaism
Tagged credit default swaps, eliezer diamond, gil student, hidden flaw, rabbi eliezer, Yeshiva University
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What Would The Talmud Do?
From Time.com: Would the current financial crisis have been avoided if traders followed Jewish traditions embodied in the Bible and the Talmud? Two scholars from the Conservative and Orthodox branches of the Judaism are suggesting just that. They also conclude … Continue reading
Posted in Torah
Tagged business literature, jewish torah, new york college, orthodox rabbi, oxford university press, Yeshiva University
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YU’s Tranny Prof – No Problem Says Rabbi
Rabbi Gil Student, the leader of Modern Orthodoxy in America, posts: The news is reporting that a tenured professor at Yeshiva University returned last week as a transgender individual (link). It seems that some rabbis are vocally opposed to this. … Continue reading
Posted in Yeshiva University
Tagged aaron rakeffet rothkoff, gil student, jewish orthodoxy, moshe tendler, some rabbis, Yeshiva University
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Yeshiva University Rocked By Tranny Prof
From the New York Post: NEW LOOK: Joy Ladin arrives last week at Yeshiva University, where she heads the writing center. A Yeshiva University professor left two years ago as a man – and returned last week as a woman. … Continue reading
Posted in Yeshiva University
Tagged enlarged breasts, midtown campus, pink lipstick, rabbi moshe, some rabbis, Yeshiva University
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Rabbi Mordecai Gafni Update
How come so many Jews employ multiple names? From The Awareness Center: Over the last few years various individuals have been monitoring Rabbi Mordechai Gafni’s where abouts. After fleeing Israel, Gafni took a brief respite in Boston, prior to moving … Continue reading
Posted in Marc Gafni
Tagged marc gafni, rabbi mordechai gafni, rabbi shlomo riskin, rabbinic ordination, rabbinical ordination, Yeshiva University
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The ‘Tolerant’ Rabbi Druckman Vs. The ‘Hard-Hearted’ Haredim
Jonathan Rosenbloom, who is charedi, writes: Rabbi Avraham Sherman, author of the Rabbinical High Court decision, served for many years as an IDF rabbi, and once spent a sabbatical at Yeshiva University, the flagship institution of modern Orthodoxy. Another one … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion
Tagged chief rabbi, isaac herzog, israeli rabbis, jerusalem post, rabbi avraham, Yeshiva University
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