Word: rabbis
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...dominant force in Orthodoxy is a revered Boston rabbi...
Soloveitchik, 81, is known to his devotees as "the Rav," a Hebrew term of honor that means he is "the Rabbi." (Less reverential Jews on the right wing of Orthodoxy use just his initials "J.B.") As professor of Talmud since 1941 at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary in New York City, Soloveitchik has prepared nearly 1,500 men for ordination. By some estimates, this is the largest number of rabbis trained by any sage of the past millennium. The group makes up the majority of the North American Orthodox rabbis now serving in synagogues. Neither the Conservative...
...Rabbi Solomon Schiff, who directs prison chaplains for the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, argues that there is an "unbreakable bond" between clergyman and congregant An that is protected by the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of religious freedom. Agrees fellow Rabbi Brett Goldstein: "While under biblical law I have the right to reveal information of a criminal nature when that information could prevent another crime, it is not an obligation. Religious questions are between me and my God, and not between me, my God and the state." Michael Fitzgerald, a lawyer for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami, maintains that...
...national despair. Says he: "Americans will feel had, no matter what party is running the White House at the time." Or the country might become self-satisfied and flaccid. "Optimism does not mean that we should not be cognizant of the real problems that we face," says Orthodox Rabbi Stanley Wagner, president of the Rocky Mountain Rabbinical Council. "The cheerful mood can easily be converted into hedonism, which in turn can trigger a destruction of the moral fiber of American life." The conversion of the burgeoning self-esteem into a new selfishness may already have begun. Among students...
...RABBI ALEXANDER M. SCHINDLER, New York City, president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations...