[Avodah] Tinok Shenishbah today - opinion of Gedolei Haposkim
Zev Sero
zev at sero.name
Mon May 11 10:59:48 PDT 2009
Micha Berger wrote:
> When RMF z"l wrote that teshuvah, JTSA wasn't ordaining women, never
> mind people who proudly advocate their homosexual "lifestyle". JTSA had
> no bible critical requirements; today they require of their graduates
> more hours of denial of TmS than of "halakhah" (as they define the term).
I don't know about formal hours of bible criticism, but as of Solomon
Shechter's day JTS did teach denial of TmS and expected students to
accept it. R Herbert Goldstein z"l nearly got kicked out of JTS for
giving a sermon about TmS; Schechter told him he would only be allowed
to stay because he was going to graduate soon anyway.
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