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The world of Halacha (Jewish Law) is extraordinary. Anyone who has experienced up close the intricacy and intimacy of the Halachic process - and even one who has observed the process only from a distance - cannot but be dazzled by the creativity, compassion, and emotion inherent in halachic debate and development.

 

 

 

Can we prevent the Haredization of Modern Orthodox Jewry?

 

Yonatan Benarroch[1]

 

 

In the last generation, the Israeli Orthodoxy Jewry has increasingly become more extreme, and has isolated itself from mainstream Israeli society. There is a continued distance and alienation of the Orthodox population from the secular community, and a seeming lack of interest in integrating Halacha and Torah with the concerns and circumstances of modern life. A similar tendency can be seen in the American Modern Orthodox Jewry, having shifted in the past years towards the right (both religiously and politically). This phenomenon is known as the Haredization of Orthodox Jewry.

This article introduces an Israeli organization that strives to promote an alternative route for Israeli Orthodoxy, mainly by returning to the core values of "Torah" with "Derech Eretz".[2]

 

 

 

 

 

Can We Prevent the Hareidization of Orthodox Judaism?


 

by  Yonatan Benarroch

Yonatan Benarroch lives in Jerusalem and is Chairman of Ne'emanei Torah vaAvodah, an organization dedicated to fostering a Modern Orthodox vision. This article appears in issue 3 of Conversations, the journal of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals.

In the past generation, Orthodox Jewry in Israel has increasingly become more extreme and has isolated itself from mainstream Israeli society. There is a continued distance and alienation of the Orthodox population from the non-Orthodox community, and a seeming lack of interest in integrating halakha and Torah with the concerns and circumstances of modern life. A similar tendency can be seen in the American Modern Orthodox community, having shifted in the past years toward the right (both religiously and politically). This phenomenon is known as "the hareidization of Orthodox Jewry."
This article introduces an Israeli organization that strives to promote an alternate route for Israeli Orthodoxy, mainly by returning to the core values of Torah im derekh erets, a religious worldview promulgated by the great nineteenth-century rabbi, Samson Raphael Hirsch.

 

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