Hamas Has Started a New Phase of Its War with Israel
It seized on earlier unrest to show its power.
May 12, 2021
Defending the Jewish Theology of the Family in a Progressive Age
Modern Orthodoxy needs more robust arguments for its positions on men, women, and marriage.
During the past decade, writes Rafi Eis, Modern Orthodox leaders, rabbis, and intellectuals have shied away from making a robust defense of the biblical and talmudic positions on marriage and homosexuality. Thus, while admirably seeking to balance adherence to halakhah with compassion, they have nevertheless ceded too much ground to the views of the culture at large. Eis contends that it is necessary to root the Orthodox position not just in legal principles, but also in the ideas and values they embody. To show how to do so, he begins with the account of mankind in the first two chapters of the Torah:
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In Sheikh Jarrah, an Ordinary Property Dispute Has Become a Pretext for Terror
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Defending the Jewish Theology of the Family in a Progressive Age
Modern Orthodoxy needs more robust arguments for its positions on men, women, and marriage.
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