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21 Feb

David Bashevkin on Orthodox Jews and the American Religious Revival

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JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi David Bashevkin, speaking with Jonathan Silver, explores the evolving spiritual dynamics within American Orthodox Judaism amidst broader religious trends in the U.S. and the recent challenges facing Israel. 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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Orthodox Judaism  Religious Education  Religious Identity  American Judaism  Community Dynamics  Jewish Literacy  Modern Orthodoxy  Hasidism  Spiritual Authenticity 

Places mentioned

New York City, New York, United States
"this program broadcast a conversation that I hosted between the Rabbi Meir Soloveitchik and the New York Times columnist Ross Douthat."
United States
"In the course of our conversation, we came to discuss a fascinating revival of spiritual energy in America."
Woodmere, New York, United States
"They are building Hasidically inspired ideas outside of the boundaries of what we associate with the Hasidic community. They're doing it in Woodmere."
Englewood, New Jersey, United States
"They're doing it in Englewood."
Israel
"Now, I understand, of course, that this term, Orthodox, is so broad and broad that it's not necessarily a term that is used to describe the religious that from within the Orthodox world, it's too imprecise to have very much significance."
New York, United States
"They wanted to show that science and modernity and technology could all be squared away with orthodoxy."
Maryland, United States
"like a University of Maryland, have very rich modern orthodox population."
Jerusalem, Israel
"There was never a period in Jewish history where such institutions even existed for the masses and were adopted by the masses."
New York, United States
"You know, I totally agree with you that there is an element that the state of Israel has been taken for granted. I think it is something very sad. And I've lamented this before, that there's so much hand-wringing over having the last generation of Holocaust survivors. A part of me is more nervous about losing the generation that actually remembers the establishment of the state of Israel, how recent it was, how new it was, and how exciting it was."

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