Reading Dr. Erica Brown’s update makes me concerned for the state of Modern Orthodox educational leadership. Her top concern, from an education standpoint, is “the large jump in Orthodox Jews who vote Republican and the impact this has in fragmenting Jews within Orthodoxy and outside it.” While some of the shift she finds understandable, she says we should be “wary of echo chambers that may coarsen our political literacy and result in increased polarization.” It appears to me that to paint just Republicans this way to to be looking at the issue with blinders on. I find it sad and… Read more »
Reading Dr. Erica Brown’s update makes me concerned for the state of Modern Orthodox educational leadership. Her top concern, from an education standpoint, is “the large jump in Orthodox Jews who vote Republican and the impact this has in fragmenting Jews within Orthodoxy and outside it.” While some of the shift she finds understandable, she says we should be “wary of echo chambers that may coarsen our political literacy and result in increased polarization.” It appears to me that to paint just Republicans this way to to be looking at the issue with blinders on. I find it sad and… Read more »