Mah Nishtana HaTerror Hazeh?
The death of Ezra Schwartz became a national tragedy for America, Why has his tragic murder merited the attention it has received?
Author: Special to Cross-Currents
When in Doubt… Mesorah
For every halachic point made by those who resist the female rabbinate, Open Orthodoxy will counter with one they claim is in favor of a female rabbinate. But, in one arena of Jewish experience, an arena which is of equal standing to halacha, OO has no answer.
Gender and Judaism: A Sophisticated View From Within
by Sarah Rindner Recent debates about women and the Orthodox rabbinate yielded a range of interesting, impassioned and also banal observations by various Jewish professionals and laypeople. Although sociological and legal arguments abound, a...
How To Address the Spiritual Doubt of a Nation
This morning Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks delivered the Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4 on ‘Reconciling the two faces of religion’. Transcript below. Yesterday I found myself deep in cognitive dissonance. With...
Who Needs Orthodox Women Leaders? We Do.
True Orthodox Women leaders are needed today, as they have always been. These women spurned the isms of the day, drawing thousands closer to Torah and Judaism.
Heartfelt Words From the Terror Zone
By Orit Samuels Tel Aviv and Gush Etzion, only a seven minute drive from my place. Here is one of the 5 Jews brutally murdered today in cold blood because he is a Jew....
Rav Aharon Feldman on Open Orthodoxy
The positions Open Orthodox leaders have espoused put them unmistakably beyond the pale of Torah Judaism, no different than the Reform or Conservative movements. Open Orthodoxy is leading the Jewish people away from the Torah.
CER: Open Orthodox Rabbis are Not Rabbis
The Conference of European Rabbis states that Open Orthodoxy is responsible for “deviations from our religious foundations,” and that its graduates are not recognized as rabbis in any Torah-observant community in Europe.
Open Orthodoxy: Not a Form of Torah Judaism
According to the foremost Council of Rabbinic scholars in the United States, “Open Orthodoxy” is not a form of Torah Judaism, and any ordination (“semicha”) granted by any affiliate to its graduates does not confer any rabbinic authority.
A Communication from Open Orthodoxy, with Reply
The following communications were sent to us via email prior to Yom Kippur. After consultation with Gedolim (leading authorities), we postponed publication until after the holidays, along with our reply. From: Ysoscher To: talkback...
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