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Can YCT Still Be Called Orthodox?

JL;DR SUMMARY The article discusses the ordination of Tadhg Cleary, an openly gay man, by Yeshivat Chovevei Torah (YCT), and questions whether the seminary can still be considered Orthodox. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish LawOrthodox JudaismHomosexualityInclusionModern OrthodoxyTorah ProhibitionsRabbinical OrdinationOrthodox StandardsTadhg ClearyYct

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Yeshivat Har Etzion, Southern District, Israel
"Raised in a non-observant home, his sincere search for truth and meaning led him to observance and to study Torah for nine years at Yeshivat Har Etzion - one of the most prestigious Modern Orthodox/Religious Zionist yeshivas in Israel."

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