A while back I was contacted by Jewishideas.org if I could write an article for them based on my book ‘Freiing Out,’ which explores why people go off the derech. It was my first time hearing of the publication, and after reading through a few copies I found the content they provided very interesting. Rachel and I jointly wrote an article for them which was published in their last book and can now be read online here.
I won’t say that I agree with everything that jewishideas.org and Conversations prints because I have not read everything. I do however like the way they think and their willingness to approach contemporary modern day issues that many others will not look at. For this I respect them. I won’t necessarily agree with all their conclusions but they approach everything from a Torah and hallachic stand which I feel is good.
‘Shivim panim l’torah’- there are seventy faces to Torah, meaning there are seventy ways to learn something and it is important for us as Jews to respect other peoples interpretations so far as they are within hallachic boundaries.
See here to read more: http://jewishideas.org
