Response to Attacks on Orthodox Rabbinate Apr 1, 1997 — The unfortunate vehemence with which Dr. Ismar Schorsch and Rabbi Eric Yoffe attack Orthodoxy and the Chief Rabbinate is indeed unfortunate. We shall not respond to such attacks, so as not to engage in a public polemic which demeans all Jews. For movements which have been Continue Reading »
Response to Attacks on Orthodox Rabbinate Mar 24, 1997 — The Rabbinical Council of America and the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, representing the overwhelming majority of North American Orthodox Jewry, repudiate the statement recently issued by the Agudath HaRabbonim (the Union of Orthodox Rabbis) which calls into question the validity of the Jewish Continue Reading »