![Open Letter on RCA members violating female clergy policy]( "Lubavitch.com") Open Letter on RCA members violating female clergy policyA series of RCA resolutions against female clergy - resolutions reviewed and supported by the RCA's poskim, are based on Halacha and Mesorah, as further demonstrated at length by the rabbinic panel convened by the Orthodox Union.62 RCA Rabbis, 2/8/2019, 7:33 AM ![Pluralism: The misuse of Rabbi J.B. Soloveitchik]( "דוד הוכברג") Pluralism: The misuse of Rabbi J.B. SoloveitchikWhen R. Soloveitchik uses that concept he means cognitive pluralism, not religious or moral pluralism. A pluralistic approach to the Halakha is as absurd as a pluralistic approach to ordinary logic.Prof. Paul Eidelberg, 1/24/2019, 7:41 AM ![The Chief Rabbinate must remain in Orthodox hands]( "צילום: לורה בן-דוד / שבי ישראל") The Chief Rabbinate must remain in Orthodox handsMaking the Rabbinate more user friendly cannot come at the expense of Halakha. It makes clear what kind of conversion is legitimate and what kind is not - in our day.Rabbi Harry Maryles, 12/3/2018, 5:39 PM ![Zionism: The great Jewish ethical project]( "יוני קמפינסקי") Zionism: The great Jewish ethical project The author claims, as Israel reaches a milestone in her modern history, that "Religious Zionism is fundamentally flawed, directionless, and even broken in many ways."Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, 4/22/2018, 6:04 PM ![The Orthodox Union isolates the final four]( "צילום: iStock") The Orthodox Union isolates the final fourThe four extreme-left organizations in the OU fold are the end of a trend that once did not have to be discussed, because it was not imaginable. Rabbi Prof. Dov Fischer, 2/7/2018, 7:10 AM ![The "shul" I won't attend]() The "shul" I won't attendWhy not? Because I may not. The Orthodox Union name on food is a guarantee that it is kosher. Not so with synagogues.
Rabbi Prof. Dov Fischer, 1/23/2018, 6:26 AM ![Balancing today's norms]( "Flash 90") Balancing today's norms Extremism rarely if ever results in the sanctification of God’s name in the world. Rabbi Berel Wein, 11/22/2017, 3:35 PM ![Open Orthodoxy name change: New brand, same product]() Open Orthodoxy name change: New brand, same productOpen Orthodoxy is engaging in damage control and now calling itself Modern Orthodoxy, the term describing its anitthesis: Jews loyal to traditional halakha while beng part of the modern world.Rabbi Avraham Gordimer, 8/18/2017, 8:00 AM ![The Reform Movement came late to the party]( "צילום: יונתן סינדל, פלאש 90") The Reform Movement came late to the partyThey will learn to live with it, just as we Modern Orthodox/ srugim (of the knitted kippot) live with and still passionately love Israel even after Gush Katif and even though many of us wish the Chief Rabbinate sometimes were more oriented towards usRabbi Prof. Dov Fischer, 6/28/2017, 1:07 PM ![The changing mind of Modern Orthodoxy?]() The changing mind of Modern Orthodoxy?Where is Modern Orthodoxy going? Are there no hard and set principles as laid out by the Torah and listed by the Rambam? Is it any wonder that the results are a source of concern?Rabbi Avraham Gordimer, 6/13/2017, 4:14 PM ![Am I a lonely woman of faith?]() Am I a lonely woman of faith?Those who insist that the Orthodox Union will or must eventually accept women as clergy are not operating within the halakhic parameters of the Orthodox Union. Elizabeth Kratz, 5/28/2017, 7:10 AM ![The day the music died for Jewish American Liberals.]( "J Street") The day the music died for Jewish American Liberals.It's always tough to bet on the losing horse, but when you have to realize that your arrogant abetting of an anti-Israel administration has landed you outside the circle, that can lead to PTSD (Post Trump Stress Disorder). Ron Jager, 12/2/2016, 1:40 PM ![The Con Version of an American Conversion Scandal]() The Con Version of an American Conversion ScandalThere is no question that Orthodox conversion standards in the US, adopted by the RCA and validated by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel in a magnificent agreement this past summer, have brought sanity and order out of chaos. Rabbi Prof. Dov Fischer, 11/11/2014, 6:33 AM !['Open' Season]( "צילום: פלאש 90") 'Open' SeasonWhat prompts this particular article, says the writer, is not the philosophy of Open Orthodoxy. "What compels me to react is that Open Orthodoxy crossed every line, to the point that they may be endangering the well-being of the Jewish community". Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld, 6/16/2014, 12:00 AM !['Open Orthodox' or 'Neo Conservative'?]( "Flash 90") 'Open Orthodox' or 'Neo Conservative'?Can America's 'Open Orthodox' movement claim to be Orthodox at all? And do Orthodox rabbis have a duty to save it from itself?Ari Soffer, 4/1/2014, 2:47 PM
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