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Should Orthodox Institutions Invite Heretics To Speak?

Posted on January 1, 2009 by Luke Ford

Modern Orthodox rabbi Gil Student writes: A few weeks ago, a YU student organization had Prof. James Kugel speak to students. Prof. Kugel, you might recall, recently published a book which makes the case that the Bible is a collection … Continue reading →

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You Can Be Modern Or You Can Be Orthodox Or You Can Lie To Yourself And Others

Posted on December 21, 2008 by Luke Ford

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 →

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RUPTURE AND RECONSTRUCTION:THE TRANSFORMATION OF CONTEMPORARY ORTHODOXY by Haym Soloveitchik

Posted on July 24, 2008 by Luke Ford

Published in Tradition, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Summer 1994). Reprinted here with permission. Haym Soloveitchik teaches Jewish history and thought in the Bernard Revel Graduate School and Stern College for Woman at Yeshiva University.      This essay is an attempt … Continue reading →

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