Who is Noah Feldman?
On the subject: mentalblog.com: At once a Lithuanian yeshiva and a New England prep school:
Luke Ford points to the two year old article in the WSJ by Steven I. Weiss ‘Noah Feldman’s puzzling compromise between religion and secularism’ "…Mr. Feldman offered his services pro bono to the city of Tenafly, N.J., in its fight against Orthodox Jews who wanted to have an eruv..."
For many Jews who lack intellectual curiosity liberalism is the new religion. And strangely enough Maimonides is the school that cultivates these characters in spades. So in some way he is attacking the school that is the very embodiment of his own credo.
Ben Chorin I was planning to write some reflections on Jews in America but that disingenuous article by Noah Feldman has set me off in another direction.
My Obiter Dicta: Noah Feldman: Second Take (Tisha B'Av 7:40 PM)
Hirhurim: Don't Turn Your Back On Your Community And Then Badmouth It In The New York Times.
Luke Ford points to the two year old article in the WSJ by Steven I. Weiss ‘Noah Feldman’s puzzling compromise between religion and secularism’ "…Mr. Feldman offered his services pro bono to the city of Tenafly, N.J., in its fight against Orthodox Jews who wanted to have an eruv..."
For many Jews who lack intellectual curiosity liberalism is the new religion. And strangely enough Maimonides is the school that cultivates these characters in spades. So in some way he is attacking the school that is the very embodiment of his own credo.
Ben Chorin I was planning to write some reflections on Jews in America but that disingenuous article by Noah Feldman has set me off in another direction.
My Obiter Dicta: Noah Feldman: Second Take (Tisha B'Av 7:40 PM)
Hirhurim: Don't Turn Your Back On Your Community And Then Badmouth It In The New York Times.
posted by Tzemach Atlas at 11:26 PM
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