“Would that all Y-H-V-H’s people were prophets” (Num. 11:29). PhD student (@NetanelPaley), organizer, self-explorer, non-rabbi. Talked Talmud @interleaved_pod.
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If you’ve read any New Testament or early Christian theology, the supersessionist undertones here are jarring.
If you prioritize what you believe to be Jewish tradition over the safety of actual Jews, you are not representing Torah. You are representing something else.
Imagine if @AOC or another Democratic politician accidentally used a red triangle emoji (suggestive of Hamas support) and her supporters expressed excitement. Would you consider that dangerous enough to demand she apologize? Or would you brush it off because you met her once?
But donors share responsibility too. MO donors prioritize flashy new programs and building wings they can put their name on. We sadly don’t have a culture of generosity for its own sake like the Charedi world does. That is as much of a cultural problem as an individual one.
This is awesome.
It would be nice if Modern Orthodox donors did stuff like this instead of pouring millions into institutions like YU and the OU. Teachers are the backbone of Orthodox communities. They deserve to be paid generously, and at the very least need to be paid fairly.
What will happen to our communities when our kids are taught only by people who never had to make the sacrifices our teachers did for Torah? What will happen to our kids when teachers can’t relate to their struggles? What will happen to Torah when it’s restricted to the rich?
The one demographic that’s perhaps increasing their share of teachers, or at least holding steady, is young people from wealthy families. There is nothing wrong with teaching Torah if you can afford to do so. But what does it say about a community when teaching Torah is a luxury?
No amount of gimmicks or teacher appreciation days are going to fix this. As well-intentioned as they may be, they ultimately serve to reinforce the status quo: teachers don’t matter as much as others who contribute to the community, despite their arguably greater contribution.
And this elides the fact that many Modern Orthodox teachers are simply struggling financially, while administrators get paid 2-3 times as much plus larger tuition subsidies. This is not a question of resources, but priorities.
Costs of living are increasing across the country, and so are standards. Modern Orthodox people are generally not willing to live the simple lives of their predecessors and Charedi counterparts. You can wax poetic about the old days and call them “pampered”, but this is reality.
Fewer and fewer rabbinical students at YU are going into chinuch, and even fewer women. It’s hard to blame them. The average teacher salary barely covers basic living expenses for a family of 4, even with discounted or free tuition. And that’s outside of the New York area.
The Modern Orthodox community has this conversation every few years, and frankly it’s time to put their money where their mouth is. There is an actual staffing crisis in Jewish education and no one seems to be doing anything about it.
Nothing to see here, just one of the most prominent Orthodox rabbis in North America—who’s previously spoken out against mixing Torah and politics—essentially claiming the Mandate of Heaven for *checks notes* noted philanderer and narcissist Donald John Trump.
Yup, this is fine.
The rabbi of Boca Raton Synagogue, @RabbiGoldberg, spoke at Mar-a-Lago before President Trump, highlighting the miracle of Trumps life being saved by the assassination thanks To God, Hanukkah’s meaning, the Israel-USA bond, and the need to pray for peace, hostages, and the IDF.
I'm not sure what's more bitterly ironic about this tweet: the fact that it reproduces the same nakedly sensationalist, anti-intellectual bravado Liel frequently accuses the left of, or that it unknowingly reveals the speciousness of the American Jewish anti-university grift.
I'm calling for a total and complete shutdown of Ivy League universities until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on.
nypost.com/2024/12/09/us-new…
This is like claiming higher ice cream sales are associated with increased shark attacks (google "spurious correlation"). And as many have noted, Mangione's politics are ambiguous.
I'm sorry Shabbos, you can't blame every problem in the world on antisemitism on college campuses.
