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Tradition Vol. 42, No. 4, Winter 2009 Editor’s Note: Fear of Flesh and Blood by Shalom Carmy Jewish Philanthropy – Whither? by Aharon Lichtenstein Is Courage a Jewish Value by Yitzchak Blau From the Pages of Tradition:...
Read more of this articleThe Legacy of Polemics: Microphones on Shabbat, Metzitzah, and the Rabbah Ordination by Shlomo Brody
I personally have no gripes with polemics playing a role in socio-legal discourse within the Jewish community. I think it is inevitable, given the sociological reality of Jewish history, and occasionally it is appropriate,...
Read more of this articlePurim and the Challenge of Human Sexuality by Gidon Rothstein
At a crucial moment of the Megillah named after her, Ester tells Mordechai that she will go and speak to Ahashverosh uninvited, asks him to pray for her, and closes by saying, וכאשר אבדתי אבדתי, when I am lost,...
Read more of this articleWomen and the Splitting of Modern Orthodoxy: Confronting the Underlying Issues by Gidon Rothstein
My friend and colleague R. Nati Helfgot’s recent discussion of women’s leadership in communal settings is marked by his usual and admirable judiciousness, his concern to be respectful to all sides in a debate, and his hope...
Read more of this articleWomen, Communal Leadership, and Modern Orthodoxy by Nathaniel Helfgot
I. During the last half century the movement towards greater public, educational, economic, and political roles for women in general society has slowly affected the reality of Jewish and more specifically, for our purposes,...
Read more of this articleFrom Our Archives: Rabbi J. David Bleich – Women on Synagogue Boards
In light of the forthcoming article by Rabbi Helfgot, we are posting Rabbi Bleich’s article on women serving on synagogue boards (15:4 / Spring 1976). Also of Interest in the same issue: Chana K. Poupko and Devora L....
Read more of this articleFrom Our Archives: Revelation and the History of Halakha
In the spirit of na’aseh ve-nishma and the central role of Torah She-Be’al Peh in Parashat Mishpatim, we offer three articles relating to revelation and the history of halakha. Louis Jacobs’ Doctrine of Revelation...
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