Modern Trends in Orthodoxy
Immanuel Jakobovits
1989
[Introduction]
Diversity is a characteristic feature of Orthodoxy today. Orthodox leaders and movements inspire the extremes of the Jewish political spectrum, from the supernationalism of Meir Kahane’s Kach movement and Zvi Yehudah Kook’s Gush Emunim, to the militant anti-Zionism of Neturei Karta at the opposite extreme. In other words, while our…
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