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Jun 13, 2016, 10:09 PM
On the Origins and Desirability of Dispute: Remarks from the 2016 Semikhah (Ordination) Ceremony for the Students of R. Daniel Landes
The following remarks were shared at the Tekes Hasmakhah (Rabbinic Ordination Celebration) for 21 students of R. Daniel Landes on June 7, 2016, at Kehilat Yedidya in Jerusalem, Israel. It is a tremendous zekhut (privilege) to be here, in...
Nov 14, 2013, 9:02 PM
Sacrifice, Egalitarianism, and Sociology: A Response to Gottlieb & Liben
Two recently published articles highlight opposing but related frustrations with the Conservative Movement. Micah Gottlieb attributes his disaffection to lack of communal support for his growing observance and an excessive focus on internal politics and larger political concerns rather...
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William Friedman is a doctoral student in Jewish Studies at Harvard University and the founding director and former Rosh Yeshivah of Nishma: A Summer of Torah Study in the JTS Beit Midrash. He has studied at The Conservative Yeshiva, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, JTS, and the Pardes Institute for Jewish Studies, and has semikhah (rabbinic ordination) from Rabbi Daniel Landes.