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A Veteran Educator Comments on the Transformation of American Orthodoxy
An interview with Yosef Blau.
Modern Orthodoxy
Latest Mosaic Content for Modern Orthodoxy
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Podcast: David Bashevkin on Orthodox Jews and the American Religious Revival
By Tikvah Podcast at MosaicCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Why Some Modern Orthodox Jews Are Drawn to Hasidism
The neo-Hasidim and their critics.
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The Altar Boy Who Became an Orthodox Jewish Cosmologist
The Torah is not a science book—but every scientist needs its wisdom.
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American Orthodoxy Has Grown More Stringent in Some Ways, More Liberal in Others
Peanut oil and the bat mitzvah.
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The First Orthodox Jew to Play Professional Baseball
Jacob Steinmetz struck out one of the Major League’s best players.
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Three Decades after His Death, Joseph Soloveitchik’s Writings Are a Reminder That Judaism Can Weather Any Intellectual Challenge
The man of faith who told Jews they need not be lonely.
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Norman Lamm’s Theology of Moderation
Not a sorry compromise, but the essence of judiciousness.
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Controversies over COVID-19 School Closures Pose Tough Questions about the Purpose of Jewish Schools
Is Jewish education more like prayer or more like garden-variety private-school education?
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How Judaism Views the Relationship between General Knowledge and Religious Study
Norman Lamm, Torah u-madda, and 21st-century Orthodoxy.
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Modern Orthodoxy Should Be a Noble Synthesis, Not a Lukewarm Compromise
Norman Lamm’s elevated moderation.
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The Modern Orthodox Hasidic Revival, Its Predecessors, and Its Discontents
New, newer, and newest Ḥasidim.
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Surprise: Yeshiva University’s Maccabees Have the Longest Winning Streak in the History of Men’s College Basketball
Jewish sports heroes.
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What the Future Holds for Modern Orthodox Judaism: A Conversation
By Sarah Rindner, Jonathan Silver, Eli SpitzerCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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How Modern Orthodoxy Can Chart Its Course Without Jonathan Sacks
By Eli SpitzerCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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A Belgian’s Tale of an Encounter with Jews Betrays Incomprehension and Bigotry Lurking Beneath Empathy
What friendship?
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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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Rethinking the Role of the Modern Orthodox Rabbi in the Aftermath of the Pandemic
Decentralization may bring back an old model.
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What a Recent Novel on Modern Orthodox Teenage Rebels Lacks
Sex, drugs, and Zohar?
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How to Transform Jewish Law into a Tool of Spiritual and Ethical Cultivation
Musar, Modern Orthodoxy, and pedagogy.
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Podcast: Meir Soloveichik on the Genius of the Late Norman Lamm
By Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic, Meir SoloveichikCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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What’s an Orthodox Jew to Do about Modern Bible Scholarship?
The strengths and weaknesses of a recent study.
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Has Modern Orthodoxy Finally Gotten the Prayer Book It Needs?
A rich and eclectic commentary combined with a Zionist outlook.
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What the Success of “Mikva the Musical” Says about Orthodox Judaism Today
By Sarah RindnerCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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How a 16th-Century Italian Earthquake Led a Jew to the Renaissance
Azariah de’ Rossi, Modern Orthodox rabbi?
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Joseph B. Soloveitchik on Jewish Law and America’s Promise
He understood his adopted country’s potential, and its vulnerabilities.
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Where Modern Orthodoxy Came from, and Where It Might Be Going
And how much does its ideology matter?
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How the Growth of Jewish Education in Postwar America Brought Polarization
The ultra-Orthodox/Modern Orthodox schism.
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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.
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Why the Modern Orthodox Family Works
And what can be learned from it.