Next Generation Of Modern Orthodoxy [Hardcover]

This volume contains papers from a special Orthodox Forum conference which featured leaders of the next generation of Modern Orthodoxy discussing the questions most essential to the future of the Jewish community. This volume has two types of papers. The first revisits three important themes raised in Orthodox Forums past with new viewpoints offered by a new generation of contributors. These topics were: the impact of new voices (female, academic, and spiritual) on the traditional beit midrash, a reexamination of the tension between rabbinic authority and personal autonomy, and new perspectives on social justice and tikkun olam. A second set of papers examines three new topics that were of particular interest to a younger generation of Orthodox Jews. These topics were: the Odyssey Years and the role of emerging adults in the Jewish community, the future of Modern Orthodoxy, and the prospects for Modern Orthodoxy’s educational system. The blend of timeless and timely topics, the inter-generational dialogue, and the range of academic and more popular perspectives all combined to create a new energy and vitality to the discourse at the Forum and to the papers in this volume.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART 1

Tikkun Olam, Social Justice, and Jewish/Gentile Relationships 1. Re-anchoring Universalism to Particularism: The Potential Contribution of Orthodoxy to the Pursuit of Tikkun Olam- Dyonna Ginsburg

2. Privilege, Perspective, and Modern Orthodox Youth - Rivka Press Schwartz

3. The Universalism of Particularity - Meir Y. Soloveichik

PART 2

Personal Autonomy and Religious Authority 4. Ba’al Ha-Bayit-Centered Halakhic Consultation - Shayna Goldberg and Judah Goldberg

5. Authority and Autonomy: An Ethical Perspective - Tully Harcsztark 6. The Decline and Fall of Local Rabbinic Authority -Gil Student PART 3

Spirituality, Scholarship, and the Beit Midrash

7. Tradition and Modernity in the House of Study: Reconsidering the Relationship Between the Conceptual and Critical Methods of Studying Talmud- David C. Flatto

8. Scholarship Needs Spirituality—Spirituality Needs Scholarship: Challenges for Emerging Talmudic Methodologies- Yakov Nagen (Genack)

9. The World of Women’s Torah Learning: Developments, Directions, and Objectives- Esti Rosenberg

PART 4 The Odyssey Years: Perspectives on Identity and Membership

10. T he Modern Orthodox Diaspora as a Strategic Asset - Aharon Horwitz

11. How Orthodoxy and Orthodox Synagogues Can Meet the Needs of the Odyssey Generation -Asher Lopatin

12. An Emerging Approach to Emerging Adulthood and Modern Orthodoxy -Michelle Waldman Sarna

PART 5

The Future of the Modern Orthodox Educational System

13. T oward a Passionate Modern Orthodoxy -Gil S. Perl

14. Enhancing the Coherence and Efficacy of Modern Orthodox Education- Shira Weiss

PART 6 The Future of Modern Orthodoxy

15. Contemporary Challenges for Modern Orthodoxy - Yitzchak Blau

16. T he Future of Modern Orthodoxy - Shmuel Hain

17. T he End of the Middle of the Road: Re-envisioning Modern Orthodoxy for the Twenty-first Century- Yehuda Sarna