The culture wars have come to the Modern Orthodox movement. Is a schism on the horizon? (This appeared first in Mosaic Magazine, reprinted with permission)
(This appeared in Mosaic Magazine, reprinted first with permission) During my almost 40 years as a pulpit rabbi, I have developed a reputation for liberal
This article first appeared on his blog, The Book of Doctrines and Opinions I just finished reading the Mosaic e-zine series on Modern Orthodoxy. It
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When I was younger, I once read a picture book titled Peter Perfect. It’s about, well, a boy named Peter who was–obviously–perfect. (Picture books aren’t
