The Case for Commandments
Identity/Crisis
The Connected Critic
I often experience orthodoxy as too conservative and conservative Judaism as too liberal. I belong in some ways to both of these communities and also in neither. The connected critic who can handle correctly both their sense of belonging and the timeliness, the accuracy of their criticism can reorient the very community to which they belong. It's not about standing detached and a far and feeling smug about those who are looking down on us. But rather that belonging itself is rooted in the ability to feel close to the center and to try to leverage that belonging towards trying to make change.
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