Multi jewish perspectives on moral and ethical questions answered by some of the most respected conservative, orthodox and reform rabbis. Oct 15, 2005 in line with other arguments he has made in his book, capra supports an alternate view, which sees dna as part of a network, the whole of which governs the process of dna replication, of genetic stability, of allowing mutations when they are productive, and most importantly for our purposes of the steps between genes and behavior. Your contribution helps keep the jewish week a vital source of news, opinion and culture into the new decade and beyond. Complicating my response further, i am in sympathy with much that bothers him. Questions answered by rabbi gidon rothstein jewish values. Gidon rothstein has served in the community rabbinate and in educational roles at the high school and adult level. Rabbi rothstein received his ordination from yeshiva university and a phd in midrash from. Gidon rothstein received semikhah from yeshiva university 1991, and his ph.
Gidon rothstein has served as a congregational rabbi and educator, and is the author of several books of fiction and nonfiction, most recently, were missing the point. Gidon rothstein has served in the community rabbinate. Whats wrong with the orthodox jewish community and how to fix it by rabbi dr. Rabbi roth, a relative youngster at almost ninetytwo, is very much also still alive, still patiently calling us to ideas which shape our actions and enliven our service of our creator. Gidon rothstein has served as a congregational rabbi and educator, and is the author of several books of fiction and nonfiction, most recently, were. And us he took out of there the jewish press jewishpress. It was first translated in 1204 into hebrew by a contemporary of maimonides, samuel ben judah ibn tibbon. Whats wrong with the orthodox jewish community and how to fix it, the newest publication of the ou press, rabbi gidon rothstein argues vigorously and convincingly that the orthodox jewish community is missing the point in many aspects of its torah observance and mindset. Rabbi rothstein has now moved to one of my current favorite rabbis on the scene. Thoroughly readerfriendly, rabbi rothsteins book should be considered a. Gidon rothstein is a 256page compendium addressing what it means to be a jew, to be orthodox, to live a godoriented life, the role of autonomy and personal choice, and a practical, attainable, realworld vision of how to keep focused on the core essentials that such a life and such a community of lives requires within the context of a broader pagan and secular world. Much of his writing validates what i have been feeling is missing in the torah observant world along with his recognizing the essence of our countercultural obligations and way of life. Rabbi reuven boshnack is the codirector of oujlic at brooklyn college, where he and his wife shira have served the community of students, alumni and friends for the last years.
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Turn over yitro eating, drinking, and the ten pronouncements by rabbi gidon rothstein february 67, 2015 18 shvat, 5775 ha n ter. Through the use of short stories and a novella, rothstein s insightful and creative retellings of the classic myths of the prophets of the old testament bring hope, inspiration, and a message that the lessons of the past still have relevance in todays secular world. In fact, rabbi rothstein spends quite a bit of time exploring the jewish past. Gidon rothstein is the author of were missing the point. Gidon rothstein gidon rothstein received his rabbinic ordination from yeshiva university 1991, and his ph. In addition, rabbi cardozo has been personally gracious to me many times, most publicly when the david cardozo academy arranged for me to speak about my book murderer in the mikdash, a mystery set in the time of a third temple in jerusalem. Yutorah online is made possible by the generosity of marcos and adina katz and is coordinated by yeshiva universitys center for the jewish future. Gidon rothstein about this weeks torah portion, haazinu.
Whats wrong with the orthodox jewish community and how to fix it, educating a people. He is an author of jewish fiction and nonfiction, most recently were. In cassandra misreads the book of samuel, gidon rothstein brings alive the learning and wisdom of the ancient biblical texts for the mode. Murderer in the mikdash and cassandra misreads the book of samuel. The truth is that both books speak to both audiences.
Review of jewish ideas in morality and religion jewish action. Dec 09, 2008 cassandra misreads the book of samuel. Whats wrong with the orthodox jewish community, on librarything librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. He has served as a synagogue rabbi, a high school judaic studies teacher, an adult educator, and is a prolific interneteducator. Readings for a transformative passover experience, an attempt to foster jews ability to see themselves as if they left egypt. Gidon rothstein teaches daf yomi at the young israel of scarsdale and online for the webyeshiva. Within each chapter, rabbi rothstein shares anecdotal stories to keep readers focused. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover gidons. Glatt has been giving a daf yomi shiur for nearly 30 years and gives a weekly gemara beiyun shiur, daily halacha shiurim, and many other classes including a daily online dirshu mishnah brurah yomi shiur on ou torah first four and a half volumes available online. Whats wrong with the orthodox jewish community and how to fix it, published by ou pressktav. I think it worked out for the best because i found rabbi rothstein and boy i lucked out. Gidon rothstein received his rabbinic ordination from yeshiva university 1991, and his ph. Gidon rothstein currently serves as the rosh kollel of the yeshiva university community kollel based at haftr, is an editor of and is the author of the recently published murderer in the mikdash.
Gidon rothstein director of judaic studies haftrmachon. Whats wrong with the orthodox jewish community and how to fix it 2012, and murder in the mikdash 2005. Gidon rothstein has served as a communal rabbi, and in high school and adult education. From the blog of gidon rothstein at the times of israel.
I originally had asked my local rabbi if he would officiate my interfaith wedding mormon and jewish and my rabbi declined. As part of the warm the winter program and our attention to shabbat, we will be focusing the. Parshat beshalach, 20 shevat 5780 february 7, 2020. View gidon rothsteins profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Whats wrong with the orthodox jewish community and how to fix it. His murder mystery, murderer in the mikdash, depicts a third temple society, and his most recent. Gidon rothstein is a teacher, lecturer, and author of both fiction and nonfiction. Rabbi offers pathway for orthodox jews san diego jewish. Had he written some guy named gidon rothstein appeared on zev brenner id have thought he was discourteous, but id have let it pass. Rabbi jack abramowitz is torah content editor at the orthodox union. A jewish version of confronting coronavirus creatively rambam opens the laws of fasts with a passage many people today find uncomfortable for its forthright certainty hard times hit communities individuals is a more complex story, depending on our understanding of divine providence because of sins they commit. Zev leff, an american hareidi rabbi, wrote that i cannot recommend it to the general public, who can be easily misled by some of the questionable theses in this book. In more traditional terms, he has lectured for the ous nach yomi project and for the webyeshiva. He has served as a synagogue rabbi, a high school rebbe, and an adult educator.
Gidon rothstein received rabbinic ordination from yeshiva university and holds a ph. In cassandra misreads the book of samuel, gidon rothstein brings alive the learning and wisdom of the ancient biblical texts for the modern reader. Through the use of short stories and a novella, rothstein s insightful and creative retellings of the classic myths of the prophets of the old. He received his semicha from the rabbi isaac elchonon theological seminary, and holds a masters in education from the azrieli graduate school of jewish education, a masters in mental health counseling from touro. Jan 24, 20 ou press presents a live webcast with rabbi gidon rothstein, author of the newly published, highlyacclaimed were missing the point. It offers more than 185,000 shiurim via webcast in audio, video and text formats by our roshei yeshiva and other yu luminaries. Gidon rothstein is a 256page compendium addressing what it means to be a jew, to be orthodox, to live a godoriented life, the role of autonomy and personal choice, and a practical, attainable, realworld vision of how to keep focused on. He lives in riverdale, with his wife elizabeth holland, a patent litigator, and their three children. Gidon rothstein is the author of murderer in the mikdash and cassandra misreads the book of samuel, fictional attempts to understand the messages of the torah and apply them to reallife situations. Gidon rothstein author of murderer in the mikdash, in an article in the rabbinical council of americas journal tradition, analyzed rabbi shapiros arguments and concluded that the attempt to read the talmudic concerns about womens aliyot out of relevance to contemporary orthodox jews has not meaningfully succeeded.
He really gets what it means to be a torah observant jew. Questions answered by rabbi gidon rothstein jewish values online. His fear that readers will put down the book before its conclusion leads to short chapters and an attention to brevity. Perhaps most important, rabbi rothstein asserts that there is much room for personal autonomy within halacha and jewish life. I cannot express enough gratitude to rabbi rothstein for officiating my wedding. Rabbi gidon rothstein argues vigorously and convincingly that the orthodox jewish yogi berras rueful observation, were lost. He is the author of six books, including the tzniyus book and the taryag companion.
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