The essays in the new Orthodox Forum on the next generation of MO were all fascinating. I especially liked the essay of R Gil Perl. I question why R S Hain had to refer the reader to a less than complimentary footnote about Torahweb, a superb website for the dissemination of Torah by RIETS RY as some sort of Moetzes for RIETS RY.
The following is the relevant portion of the footnote that I mentioned:
“A more subtle manifestation of the increasing haredization of Modern Orthodoxy is the attempt to project certain YU roshei yeshivah as a Modern Orthodox moetzes through vehicles like the website http://www.Torahweb.org.
R Gil-pronouncments issued on a rare occasion hardly rise to the routine level of announcements plastered on the walls of communities or via pamphlets.
That’s not how the Moetzes works. I think a better distinction is that the TorahWeb rabbinic board only claims to be A da’as Torah and not THE da’as Torah.
The essays in the new Orthodox Forum on the next generation of MO were all fascinating. I especially liked the essay of R Gil Perl. I question why R S Hain had to refer the reader to a less than complimentary footnote about Torahweb, a superb website for the dissemination of Torah by RIETS RY as some sort of Moetzes for RIETS RY.
The following is the relevant portion of the footnote that I mentioned:
“A
more subtle manifestation of the increasing haredization of Modern Orthodoxy
is the attempt to project certain YU roshei yeshivah as a Modern Orthodox moetzes
through vehicles like the website http://www.Torahweb.org.
Presumably because on rare occasion TorahWeb issues Moetzes-like pronounements. Then again, YU roshei yeshiva did the same about WPGs in the 80s.
R Gil-pronouncments issued on a rare occasion hardly rise to the routine level of announcements plastered on the walls of communities or via pamphlets.
That’s not how the Moetzes works. I think a better distinction is that the TorahWeb rabbinic board only claims to be A da’as Torah and not THE da’as Torah.