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Out of Step Jew. Confronting Judaism. Confronting Modernity. Confronting Ourselves. Tuesday, August 29, 2006. Ha'aretz legal affairs analyst Ze'ev Segal. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has pulled out of his hat committees without any real foundation, lacking in public trust, just like hot balloons. Even were these to do their job properly, they would not win the confidence of the public, no matter what their findings might be. The Olmert lab instead created all kinds of "home-made" committees of an internal ...
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Out of Step Jew. Confronting Judaism. Confronting Modernity. Confronting Ourselves. Sunday, November 30, 2003. About the Orthodox- non-Orthodox rift by quoting Michael Steinhardt as saying that "we have become two distinct peoples". Singer goes on to analyze the situation and hints that the solution, if there is one, lies at the feet of the modern-Orthodox world. The only real areas we need to agree on are the basic Jewish texts that need to be studied and of course the age old 'Who is a Jew? Question is...
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Out of Step Jew. Confronting Judaism. Confronting Modernity. Confronting Ourselves. Sunday, October 31, 2004. On Intermarriage: A Rejoinder. For those who don't read it, the Braita weblog. Braita is also the daughter of a Jewish mother and Methodist father and in a recent post. Attacks the common Jewish organizational and religious practice of fighting the "problem" (quotes are hers) of intermarriage. Braita brings herself as an example of an "intense" Judaish commitment in spite of (because of? The ques...
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Out of Step Jew. Confronting Judaism. Confronting Modernity. Confronting Ourselves. Thursday, September 29, 2005. Calling Dr. Belkin. Yeshiva University is under fire for dropping its longtime motto Torah u-Madda. And replacing it with the non-sectarian slogan 'Bring wisdom to life'.". Aside from the fact that Richard Joel is removing what is arguably THE defining characteristic of YU, what could the new slogan possibly mean? It seems like an advertisement for the Discovery Channel. Not in this case.
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The House of Hock. All the Hock that's fit to blog. Wednesday, March 31, 2004. Continuing on this week's topic of Lakewood Blogging, I would like to bring up the topic of Pluralism in the Lakewood Yeshiva. Agav Urcha, are their any bloggers in Lakewood proper? There are Chassidic Bloggers, both in Israel and the United States, but where are the frum, Litvish Bloggers? OK Besides the obvious answer that they would not be waste time blogging.). Although there is an official "Yeshiva Masechta" and supposedl...
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Out of Step Jew. Confronting Judaism. Confronting Modernity. Confronting Ourselves. Friday, July 30, 2004. We will be walking the maslulim (trails) and nechalim (streams) of the Golan for the next few days. Returning with full reports and posts (Swiftian and otherwise) in a week. Wednesday, July 28, 2004. OOSJ Exclusive: New EU Peace Plan. Solana seconded this reasoning by stating that although during WWII his native Spain was noticeably absent in helping to solve the Jewish problem they did have "vast h...
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Out of Step Jew. Confronting Judaism. Confronting Modernity. Confronting Ourselves. Wednesday, September 13, 2006. Found: A General with Honor. Gen Udi Adam the senior field commander in the recent war in Lebanon has resigned. We will have more to say on this later, but finally, we have found a public persona in Israel with some honor. Will this cause a trickle up effect? I doubt it, but the the Israeli political scene works incrementally. One small step at a time. The calls, though have begun. CNN was c...
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Out of Step Jew. Confronting Judaism. Confronting Modernity. Confronting Ourselves. Thursday, January 29, 2004. There May not be Poetry . After the Holocaust, but there certainly is photography. If you can stand seeing this. Then you can also see this. This may take time getting into - you are obligated to try until you succeed.). Wednesday, January 28, 2004. An Open Letter to Michael Steinhardt. Dear Mr. Steinhardt,. Practically speaking, your efforts can lead to the finding and keeping of the lost, and...
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