tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post5424814999930440613..comments2023-10-06T11:13:20.836-04:00Comments on Izgad: Are Haredim to Blame for the OTD Phenomenon?Izgadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03869626126435460209noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-45969171184875856292010-02-09T15:53:15.737-05:002010-02-09T15:53:15.737-05:00Garnel,
I completely agree with you, both regardi...Garnel,<br /><br />I completely agree with you, both regarding the promise and failure of Religious Zionism. See Rabbi Dr. Seth/Avi Kadish's "Normal People in Normal Places: A Plea for Change in Religious Zionism" (<a href="http://sites.google.com/site/skadish1/normality-he.pdf?attredirects=0" rel="nofollow">Heb</a> and <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/skadish1/normality-en.pdfMikewind Dale (Michael Makovi)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08590233386034506578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-76748198086312165432010-02-09T10:58:16.404-05:002010-02-09T10:58:16.404-05:00The brief mention to Rav Kook is essential to focu...The brief mention to Rav Kook is essential to focus on.<br />Yes, while secular Zionism was trying to create a new nation, the Chareidim were arguing over the minutiae of kashrus. People wanted a big vision and they got a Rashba on Bava Basra.<br />This is where Religious Zionism had such promise, which has largely gone unfufilled in recent years. The point of Religious Zionism was to restore Garnel Ironheartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-12107717227758561532010-02-09T10:27:27.198-05:002010-02-09T10:27:27.198-05:00I can definitely go for being Sephardi. My thought...I can definitely go for being Sephardi. My thought has been that, since Maimonides represents the only halachick tradition untainted by ideologies that I find questionable if not downright idolatrous, I really should practice a straight Mishnah Torah Judaism like the Yemenites. The problem is that I am not a halachick scholar enough to think this through in practice.Izgadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869626126435460209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-8035211563973955252010-02-09T10:12:49.752-05:002010-02-09T10:12:49.752-05:00Thank you for this honor!
Speaking of Modern Orth...Thank you for this honor!<br /><br />Speaking of Modern Orthodoxy, I might repeat a comment of mine (<a href="http://izgad.blogspot.com/2010/02/rabbi-dovid-schwartz-responds.html?showComment=1265706056484#c2319534775372632490" rel="nofollow">here</a>) to Rabbi Dovid Schwartz's letter <a href="http://izgad.blogspot.com/2010/02/rabbi-dovid-schwartz-responds.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>:<br /><Mikewind Dale (Michael Makovi)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08590233386034506578noreply@blogger.com