[Avodah] R. Hirsch as a Modern Orthodox Leader

[Prof. Levine]

At 10:35 AM 6/29/20  Rn T. Katz wrote:
>
>In a message dated 6/29/2011 8:01:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
>llevine at stevens.edu writes:
>Please see http://vbm-torah.org/archive/modern/11modern.htm
>  >>>>>
>completely anachronistic to call him "modern Orthodox"
>
>he was Orthodox, a Torah Jew -- his enemy was Reform, not chareidim 
>(another term that would be anachronistic if applied to 19th century 
>Torah Jews)
>
>He is the father and exemplar of all modern Torah-observant Jews, MO 
>and chareidi, if by "modern" you mean currently alive.

IMO, neither of the terms MO and  Chareidi have precise definitions.

If so, then how meaningful is it to categorize this or that one as MO 
or Chareidi?  I do not consider myself MO or Chareidi and certainly 
not Chassidic.  So what am I?  A Jew who tries to be observant and 
who thinks for himself.

I often say cynically that my definition of MO is anyone who keeps 
Shabbos and has indoor plumbing! >:-}

Yitzchok Levine 
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