JPost – Religious Gay Rights In a paper likely to make waves within the Modern Orthodox world, Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander determines ways to include LGBTQ individuals in the community By Zvika Klein, March 10, 2023 LGBTQ individuals can teach at yeshivot and be members of Orthodox synagogues if they are not sexually active, a senior …
Download / Print Article With each passing year, greater numbers of gay and lesbian Orthodox Jews are voicing their desire to remain part of the Orthodox Jewish community – and their peers and loved ones are standing by their sides. Contrary to the rhetoric and actions displayed by many among our leadership in recent decades, …
First of its Kind Mixed Religious-Secular Seminary for Girls to Open At a time when Israeli society is severely divided and polarized, a new institution is being established where, for the first time ever, religious and secular high school graduates will study side by side. Launched by the Ohr Torah Stone (OTS) network of Institutions, …
Egalitarian Prayer at the Kotel: How Should Orthodox Jews Respond? After the recent well-publicized disruption of three Conservative bar/bat mitzvahs by a group of young religious zealots, Rabbi Scott Kahn invited OTS President and Rosh HaYeshiva Rabbi Kenneth Brander to his “Orthodox Conundrum” podcast to explore the attitude of Orthodox Jews to non-halakhic prayer services …
Orthodox leader pledges to teach pluralism after zealots overrun egalitarian prayers ‘Thanks to those hoodlums, 5,000 students will all learn about the importance of respecting Reform and Conservative Jews,’ says Rabbi Kenneth Brander of the Ohr Torah Stone network Judah Ari Gross | July 7, 2022 The head of a large network of Modern …
Time to end the “pitched battle” destroying the Jewish People No one, not Orthodox nor Reform, will win this battle, while our common enemy, assimilation and intermarriage, will continue to destroy. Oped by Rabbi Reuven Spolter June 24, 2020 / Arutz 7 Rabbi Eliezer Melamed doesn’t need me to defend him. After Rav Melamed participated in …
