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P«|« 20 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE July 13, 1979
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Lamm made his comments in an
address to 400 delegates at the
annual convention of the
Rabbinical Council of America
here. He said “a monistic approach
within Orthodoxy which imposes a
homogenized sameness in thought
and practice is both religiously
inauthentic and socially
destructive. It. has the virtue of
consistency but it lacks a
communal conscience. Unity is
confused with uniformity and a
divisive intolerance is rampant
within our ranks.”
“Diversity within the discipline
of Jewish law,” Lamm explained,
“is a reflection of the dynamics of
our faith. The sages of the Talmud
offered varying opinions but a
harmonious unity emerged to
guide Jewish practice. In
philosophic thought a variety of
systems coexisted, each reflecting
one of the 70 faces of the Torah. A
mutual respect of each other’s
singularity in interpretation and
style generally prevailed.”
Lamm also said “one can even
respect the dissenting views of the
Satmar Hasidim in their anti-
Zionism but one must utterly reject
their going public, thereby giving
encouragement and strength to the
enemies of our people. One can
allow for the good intentions and
integrity of the so-called ‘doves’ in
Israel who argue for greater
concessions to the Arabs but it is
irresponsible and indefensible to
express these views through the
volumes of the anti-Zionist press.
Within Orthodoxy, pluralism is to
be welcomed as a healthy
phenomenon. A narrow authori
tarianism which assigns
president
must be resisted as totally
destructive."
At the same session, Julius
Berman, president of the Union of
Orthodox Jewish Congregations
of America, declared “there are
urgent immediate problems facing
the Orthodox Jewish world which
require the cooperation of all
groups, regardless of their
differing ideologies and emphases,
if we are to survive the dangers
which threaten us all. The
competitive intolerance and
divisive parochialism within
Orthodoxy dram our strength and
dilute our effectiveness. The
common enemy is secularism and
religious ignorance, and it is
imperative that we find a common
ground on which to cooperate in
the preservation of our Torah way
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Why do religious Jews cover
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supposed to consider himself in
close contact with the Almighty
when praying without indulging in
other subjects of thought. Thus,
when one surrounds one’s head
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other ideas and free to concentrate
on his prayers to the Almighty.
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that the Almighty Himself serves
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