Jewish Orthodoxy today.(Correspondence)(Letter to the Editor) From: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and PublicLife | Date: January 1, 2004| Author: Carmy, Shalom | COPYRIGHT 2004 Institute on Religion and Public Life. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Alan Mittleman ("Fretful Orthodoxy," October 2003) states that many Modern Orthodox Jews on college campuses are unsure of what they believe and why, due to a lack of intellectual intensity within the community. "Familism, solidarity, youth groups, institutional loyalties"--in his opinion, and mine, too, often substitute for theological engagement.

I am, however, dubious about several of Professor Mittleman's other observations. He presents Rabbi S. R. Hirsch's mid-nine...