The Latest From Mark
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My Own Private Judaism
One of the things that occurred to me in the course of researching and writing Come Now, Let Us Reason Together, is that the common, theologically based division of Judaism into three major “movements,” i.e. Orthodox/Conservative/Reform is both artificial and misleading. This construct both badly mischaracterizes the facts “on the ground” and perhaps more importantly…
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Personal History Behind My Book
How I came to write “Come Now, Let Us Reason Together: Uncovering the Torah’s Liberal Values.”
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NOW Available: Come Now, Let Us Reason Together: Uncovering the Torah’s Liberal Values
This volume seeks to correct a widespread fundamental misconception about Judaism. Because the ultra-Orthodox follow ancient Jewish traditions and strictly adhere to halakhah (Jewish law), it is commonly believed that the repressive, rigidly hierarchical norms and social institutions that characterize their communities represent authentic Judaism. This view is profoundly mistaken. Judaism’s true values are only ascertainable from…