Word: orthodox
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...March 3 news article entitled, "Jewish Forum Debates Intermarriage" The Crimson incorrectly stated that Orthodox Jews do not permit intermarriage or marriage to Jewish converts. Orthodox Jews do allow and recognize such marriages...
...Notargiacomo said an Orthodox Jew in his dorm was so adamantly opposed on religious grounds to letting the homosexuals stay in the unit's lounge that "he said to us that he no longer considers himself part of the unit" when it voted to house the guests...
During his first hours in Jerusalem, Shcharansky was driven to the Old City and hoisted on the shoulders of a group of well-wishers. Suddenly the group was surrounded by a crowd of Orthodox men, bearded and wearing black suits, protesting against the Mormons, who are building a branch of Brigham Young University on the Mount of Olives. The demonstrators raised a banner ^ addressed to him: SPEAK UP FOR THE RELIGION THAT YOU SACRIFICED YOURSELF FOR. Shcharansky looked troubled as he proceeded to pray at the sacred Western Wall of the Old City. He did not appear eager to become...
Shcharansky's compassion for other persecuted ethnic and religious groups in the Soviet Union is strong. He shared cells during his years in prison with Russian Orthodox believers, Lithuanian, Estonian and Ukrainian nationalists. Since he has been in the West, he has already begun to speak out for the rights of various persecuted peoples...
Within Judaism, Maimonides is held in high regard by the Orthodox, who frequently quote his sayings and avidly study the Mishneh Torah* (Repetition of the Law), his magisterial systematization of biblical commandments and the Talmud. Many Orthodox ignore his philosophical masterpiece, The Guide of the Perplexed, which continues to inspire secularized Jews and is required reading in the Jewish studies departments that are proliferating in U.S. universities...