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Successfully Unsuccessful: The Paradox of Modern Orthodoxy

JL;DR SUMMARY Jonah Rocheeld explores the paradox of Modern Orthodoxy, which attempts to reconcile traditional Judaism with modern rationality and accessibility. 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 IdentityConservative JudaismSpiritualityHalakhahRationalityModern OrthodoxyReligious TensionEmotional ConnectionReligious DynamicsTradition And Modernity

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New York, United States
"we were sitting in his office at Yeshiva University, arguably the most important institutional proponent of Modern Orthodoxy in todays Jewish landscape."

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