I Am Not a Modern Orthodox Rabbi By Rabbi Efrem Goldberg | April 29, 2021
Recently, an article referencing a conversation we had on Behind the Bima referred to me as a “Modern Orthodox Rabbi.” I was taken aback by that characterization and found myself badly wanting to correct it.
To be clear, it’s not that I want to disassociate with Modern Orthodoxy as much as that I desperately don’t want to be reduced to just it. I would have preferred a more accurate (although admittedly less catchy) description: a member of the post-ideological, broad and diverse Torah community.
Now, don’t misunderstand. I am proud to have received semicha from Yeshiva University and feel honored and blessed to enjoy a close relationship with several of its roshei yeshiva whom I consider my rebbeim and poskim. Among other philosophies associated with Modern Orthodoxy, I unapologetically and without hesitancy see the religious significance of the miracle of the moder
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