Dilemmas of modern orthodoxy: sociological and philosophical.
From: Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life andThought
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Date: 1/1/1993
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Author: Waxman, Chaim I.
The philosophy of the Modern Orthodox movement is one of 'freedom of choice'. The practitioners of this movement are committed to the general tradition of Judaism, but are free to choose their observance of rituals. Among the Modern Orthodoxy, there are divisions founded by Samson Hirsch and Esriel Hildesheimer, and developed by other Jewish scholars like Bernard Revel, Norman Lamm and Mordecai Breuer. The actual Modern Orthodox Jews believe they are so behaviorally rather than philosphically. ...
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