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My mother, whose family was heavily rabbinic, said she wanted me to continue the family tradition in the rabbinate. My father said he wanted me to be a scholar of the Talmud, but he wanted me to make my living in science.

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Modern Orthodoxy has a highly positive attitude toward the State of Israel. Our Ultra-Orthodox brethren recognize only the Holy Land, but not the state.

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No religious position is loyally served by refusing to consider annoying theories which may well turn out to be facts.

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Conventional dogmas, even if endowed with the authority of an Aristotle - ancient or modern - must be tested vigorously. If they are found wanting, we need not bother with them. But if they are found to be substantially correct, we may not overlook them.

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I was not the midwife of the Law School, but its fraternal twin.

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However, the word madda in modern Hebrew specifically means science.

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In Judaism, there are 613 biblical commandments, and the Talmud says that the chief commandment of all is study.

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Judaism is an intellectually based religion, and the single most important theme is that of study.

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At Cardozo, study of law is part of a larger culture. You can get a law degree and make a good living, but it is best that you do that having studied the discipline for its own inherent merit, because you love studying.

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I showed that privacy was an implicit right in Jewish law, probably going back to the second or third century, when it was elaborated on in a legal way.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Educator

Born: Unknown

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