Tag Archives: yeshivat chovevei torah

Are Young American Jews Selfish?

Posted on November 1, 2009 by Luke Ford

Ari Hart, a rabbinics student at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, writes in the Jerusalem Post: In his recent column in The Jerusalem Post Magazine ("The I’s have it," October 16), Daniel Gordis informs us that out of all the challenges facing … Continue reading →

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How Open Is ‘Open Orthodoxy’?

Posted on November 13, 2008 by Luke Ford

I think the proponents of "Open Orthodoxy" mean well. They are the part of Orthodoxy I find most easy to hang with, but "Open Orthodoxy" is a contradiction in terms. "Orthodoxy" means one truth. How open can you be when … Continue reading →

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The YCT Rabbinics Student Whose Wife Didn’t Cover Her Hair, Her Knees And A Whole Lot More

Posted on November 13, 2008 by Luke Ford

Mark writes on Hirhurim about Modern Orthodoxy (MO): I’ve encountered numerous people who claim that they’re MO and while sometimes they share similarities, many times they’re worlds apart. For example, I recently encountered a young man and his wife in … Continue reading →

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Rabbi Shmuel Hertzfeld & Open Orthodoxy

Posted on August 13, 2008 by Luke Ford

Joe emails: I think that you should run a piece on Rabbi Shmuel Hertzfeld. His time has come, since he is a quasi-celeb. Without any previous knowledge, you might think Hertzfeld is some kind of activist, a modern day Heschel … Continue reading →

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Drinking & The Jews

Posted on August 3, 2008 by Luke Ford

Lisa Miller writes for Newsweek: It was a Saturday afternoon in July, and according to the police report, the young man was driving drunk. Milton Berle was echoing the generations-old conventional wisdom when he quipped that "Jews don’t drink much … Continue reading →

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