"A traditional rabbi is the man to whom……" — David Novak
"A traditional rabbi is the man to whom the community and its members turn to rule on what Jewish law requires of them, particularly in cases of doubt."
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55 Quotes by David Novak
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The one and only time I met Pope Benedict XVI was when he was Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger.
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Although most Christian churches advocate some sort of mission to non-Christians, no Jewish group advocates a mission to non-Jews. Proselytization…
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We Jews who willingly and happily confirm our covenantal status and its attendant rights and duties must take the question…
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A religious commitment coupled with theological awareness gives Jews a much better way to answer the claims made upon us…
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Proselytizing is only wrong if coercive or deceptive. Coercion, whether violent or not, is immoral, just as deception is immoral.
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Theology always has moral implications, and morality is always undergirded by theology.
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The common moral praxis of Jews and Christians is most definitely theologically informed by the doctrine we share in common:…
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The rabbi is often the regular preacher in the synagogue, the man whose sermons offer his community more general theological…
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When modern political Zionism emerged around the turn of the twentieth century, most Orthodox Jews opposed it.
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As a traditional Jew, I have benefited personally from the hospitality of Chabad Hasidim on many occasions, and I marvel…
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Even when God chose Israel, he did not create the people of Israel as he created its human members, as…
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Most Jews, like most rational persons, know that their personal identity and their ethnic identity are not one and the…
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