Wednesday 15 January 2014

Right/Left Controversy in Israel‏

With what is happening in Israel today with the various controversies that include the Rabbinate, it may be worthwhile to again re-visit an issue from the summer regarding Jonathan Rosenblum and MK Dov Lipman. While we are specifically directing you to the piece by Yitzchok Adlerstein, it should be noted that that was preceded by the following:

Original Piece
Dov Lipman - Bad Choice to Keynote RCA Convention » Matzav.com - The Online Voice of Torah Jewry 
http://matzav.com/dov-lipman-bad-choice-to-keynote-rca-convention
 
Reaction 1A
Jonathan Rosenblum’s Hit Piece on Dov Lipman and the RCA | The Jewish Press
http://www.jewishpress.com/blogs/haemtza/jonathan-rosenblums-hit-piece-on-dov-lipman-and-the-rca/2013/06/16/
 
Reaction 1B
Will Jonathan Rosenblum Apologize to MK Rabbi Dov Lipman? | The Jewish Press
http://www.jewishpress.com/blogs/haemtza/will-jonathan-rosenblum-apologize-to-mk-rabbi-dov-lipman/2013/06/19/
 
JR's apology
An Apology and a Rebuttal to MK Rabbi Dov Lipman | Cross-Currents 
http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2013/06/20/an-apology-and-a-rebuttal-to-mk-rabbi-dov-lipman/
 
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 «Jonathan Rosenblum's piece was one of the shortest, but the single most valuable one to me, because it offered a compact summary of the problem, one that I will share with others outside our community. (Full disclosure: He's a good friend, and I usually value his opinions over my own.) It was non-hysterical, balanced, and full of recognition that, in his words, "we must address the human needs that are not being met." (Aside: I completely disagree with his criticism in a different piece of the RCA for inviting MK Dov Lipman. I may or may not put some of that disagreement in print. Some of the impetus has disappeared, now that the RCA has invited Jonathan to present the other side of the issue at their upcoming convention.)»
Answers to Questions and Questionable Answers | Cross-Currents
http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2013/06/17/answers-to-questions-and-questionable-answers/


Kol Tuv,
RRW

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