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...
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.
Shoshanna Jaskoll submitted a characteristically passionate article for consideration, this time on the hot-button issue of yoatzot halacha, women trained in hilchos nidah who serve as information intake points, advisors, and more in a very sensitive area....
The closing session of Agudath Israel of America’s recent 93rd national convention was dedicated to the subject of young people who have chosen to leave the Jewish observance in which they were raised. Three...
Australian political advisor Robert Hoge was born with a severe facial deformity and describes himself as “the ugliest person you’ve never met.” When he was born, his parents burst into tears. Mr. Hoge did...
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....
Klal Perspectives – The Technology Issue The latest issue of Klal Perspectives is now available for download or online viewing. Many months in preparation, the issue offers new and diverse analyses of a complex...
Integrity demands that “Open Orthodoxy” discard the “Orthodox” moniker. There are early signs that — thanks to the Agudah, RCA, CER and others — this may, at last, be taking place.
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.
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.
