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Article: Orthodoxy Confronts Modernity. (Book Reviews)
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- March 22, 1993
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IN A VOLUME THAT I published in 1973 I suggested that
Orthodox Judaism, until the past decade, exerted little effort in the area of ideology or theology; it concentrated its efforts on Halakhah, Jewish law ... Orthodox thinkers are finally beginning to stir and theology is again attracting some devotees.
My analysis has been confirmed as an increasing number of Orthodox rabbis are turning to philosophical and theological themes, much to the enrichment of contemporary Judaism and the glory of Orthodoxy. The new chief rabbi of the United Synagogue of Great Britain, Dr. Jonathan Sacks, has helped mine this newly discovered religious lode by editing a series of ...