Why I Am a Modern Orthodox Rabbi By Rabbi Judah Kerbel/TOI (printed with permission) | May 06, 2021
In a recent, thought-provoking article, Rav Efrem Goldberg declared that he is not a Modern Orthodox rabbi. Rabbi Goldberg admirably does not want to be boxed into a certain ideological camp, but would rather be part of a “post-ideological, broad and diverse Torah community.” There is something noble about being able to learn from different parts of klal Yisrael and to transcend differences to serve Hashem holistically.
Yet, I feel it is important to clearly articulate why although I share much of Rabbi Goldberg’s aspirations in this regard I still think it is important to unabashedly consider myself a Modern Orthodox rabbi. My goal is not to critique Rabbi Goldberg first, because I respect him and benefit from his Torah, and over the years he has been gracious to me with his time. Second, because who am I to tell someone how to label or catego
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Shanghai to Telz to Baltimore: Chaya Milevsky’s Life Story
Home → Shanghai to Telz to Baltimore: Chaya Milevsky’s Life Story
zt”l, a
musmach
of Ner Israel yeshiva, was the former Chief Rabbi of Mexico and
founder/lecturer at Ohr Somayach Toronto. Chaya shared her incredible life
story with me.
My paternal
grandfather was a big Rav, first in Germany and then in England. My father,
Rabbi Hillel Mannes,
zt”l, was considered intellectual and went to
university in Bavaria. He was in the middle of writing a thesis on “The Talmud
and Freud’s Psychoanalysis” when he found a sign on the university door, one