Ops & Blogs | The Times of Israel » David Lapin http://blogs.timesofisrael.com The Marketplace of Ideas Wed, 22 May 2013 01:48:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 A model for Orthodox inclusiveness http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-model-for-orthodox-inclusiveness/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-model-for-orthodox-inclusiveness/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:35:59 +0000 David Lapin http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=93726 When Jewish groups with divergent agendas call upon Orthodoxy to become more inclusive, it raises the hackles of traditionalists who fear the adulteration of Orthodox philosophy and practice. Agreed, inclusiveness, a now popular idea in business and political leadership, presupposes change, but change need not mean adulteration. Can you push the boundaries of inclusiveness while [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-model-for-orthodox-inclusiveness/feed/ 8 A new rabbinic leadership paradigm for a new chief rabbi http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-new-rabbinic-leadership-paradigm-for-a-new-chief-rabbi/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-new-rabbinic-leadership-paradigm-for-a-new-chief-rabbi/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:18:04 +0000 David Lapin http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=85368 We live in a time when the past is no longer a roadmap for the future. Cookie-cutter job descriptions and those that worked for the past do not do justice to the skill-set required for future rabbinic leadership. The new leadership model is one of co-option, conversation and collaboration, not one of coercion. The need [...]

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