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Equality In Shul
I think people who feel secure with themselves find most shuls to have a large amount of social equality, about as much as is desirable. For those with a chip on their shoulders, Jewish life revolves around the rich, blah, … Continue reading
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Tagged blah blah, communal leader, economic circumstances, gil student, social inequality, yeshivish
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Provocative New Book On Orthodox Jewish Philosophers
Rabbi Gil Student writes: When I first opened R. Ira Bedzow’s recent book, Halakhic Man, Authentic Jew: Modern Expressions of Orthodox Thought from Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and Rabbi Eliezer Berkovits, I was surprised. I had expected to find summaries … Continue reading
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Tagged gil student, jewish philosophers, joe schmoe, joseph b soloveitchik, rabbi eliezer, rabbi joseph b soloveitchik, thought structures
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Gay Marriage Battle Lost
Rabbi Gil Student writes: Our interest is in the cultural atmosphere. As Orthodox Jews, we believe that homosexuality is not the norm. While we do not want to legislate what people do in their bedrooms and we certainly oppose discrimination … Continue reading
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Tagged family purity, gil student, mainstream view, orthodox jews, religious couple, secular jews
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Papal Infallibility And Its Parallels In Orthodox Judaism
Rabbi Gil Student writes: There is a review in the new issue of First Things of a book by a Protestant scholar on papal infallibility (link – subscription required). To my surprise, mainly due to my ignorance of Catholic history, … Continue reading
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Tagged catholic dogma, catholic history, gil student, orthodox judaism, papal infallibility, psak, roman catholic church, Torah
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Using Torah For Secular Songs
Orthodox rabbi Gil Student blogs: The Forward has an article about a recent trend of mainstream Israeli singers using passages from the Bible and other religious texts in songs (link). While it is not clear to me how much of … Continue reading
Posted in Hirhurim, Music, Torah
Tagged gil student, jewish tradition, orthodox rabbi, religious texts, sacred verses, sarit hadad, secular songs, shma yisrael, youtube
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