Why a Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza Is Unlikely
Another Hamas shakedown.
February 16, 2018
Why the Orthodox Union’s Ruling on Female Clergy Won’t Change Anything
For today’s Jews, decisions are made not by organizations but by the community.
The Orthodox Union (OU)—Orthodox Jewry’s major American organization—recently issued an ultimatum to four congregations that had violated its policies by hiring female rabbis, giving them three years to find a way to comply or to face expulsion. Since then, vigorous debate about the question of whether women can be rabbis has re-erupted in Orthodox circles and in the pages of Jewish publications. But, argues Gil Student, the decisions of the OU, or the rulings of its rabbinic advisers, are not, in the end, what will determine the direction taken by Orthodox Jewry:
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What Palestinian Textbooks Say about Israel
Describing the burning alive of 38 Israelis as a “barbecue.”
How 1973’s Spike in Oil Prices Transformed the Middle East
The fourfold increase, not the events of 1979, led to many of today’s problems.
Augustine’s Rhetorical Use of “the Jews,” and What It Meant for Actual Jews
“A marvel to be greatly respected.”
Why the Orthodox Union’s Ruling on Female Clergy Won’t Change Anything
For today’s Jews, decisions are made not by organizations but by the community.