The relationships between the various denominations of Judaism are complex and include a range of trends from the conciliatory and welcoming to hostile and antagonistic.
The Dabru Emet is a document concerning the relationship between Christianity and Judaism. It was signed by over 220 rabbis and intellectuals from all branches of Judaism,as individuals and not as representing any organisation or stream of Judaism.
Modern Orthodox Judaism is a movement within Orthodox Judaism that attempts to synthesize Jewish values and the observance of Jewish law with the modern world.
Joseph Ber Soloveitchik was a major American Orthodox rabbi,Talmudist,and modern Jewish philosopher. He was a scion of the Lithuanian Jewish Soloveitchik rabbinic dynasty.
Religious pluralism is a set of religious world views that hold that one's religion is not the sole and exclusive source of truth,and thus recognizes that some level of truth and value exists in other religions. As such,religious pluralism goes beyond religious tolerance,which is the condition of peaceful existence between adherents of different religions or religious denominations.
Norman Lamm was an American Modern Orthodox rabbi,scholar,academic administrator,author,and Jewish community leader. He was the Chancellor of Yeshiva University until he announced his retirement on July 1,2013.
Aharon Lichtenstein was an Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva who was an authority in Jewish law (Halakha).
David Hartman was an American-Israeli leader and philosopher of contemporary Judaism,founder of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem,Israel,and a Jewish author.
Michael Rosensweig is a Rosh Yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University and the Rosh Kollel of the Beren Kollel Elyon.
Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Goldvicht was the founding Rosh yeshiva of Israel's first Hesder yeshiva,Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh,commonly known as KBY. A world-renowned scholar and teacher,Rabbi Goldvicht was also the author of Asufat Ma'arachot,a collection of thoughts on Torah and Jewish holidays. Rabbi Goldvicht's thousands of students have gone on to hold prominent posts in the Jewish and secular world.
Moshe Meiselman is an American-born Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva (dean) of Yeshiva Toras Moshe in Jerusalem,which he established in 1982. He also founded and served as principal of Yeshiva University of Los Angeles (YULA) from 1977 to 1982. He is a descendant of the Lithuanian Jewish Soloveitchik rabbinic dynasty.
Yeshivat Har Etzion,commonly known in English as "Gush" and in Hebrew as "Yeshivat HaGush",is a hesder yeshiva located in Alon Shvut,in Gush Etzion. It is considered one of the leading institutions of advanced Torah study in the world and with a student body of roughly 480,it is one of the largest hesder yeshivot in the West Bank.
Rabbi Doctor Eugene B. Korn is a lecturer,scholar and educator. He lives in Jerusalem and was formerly Academic Director of the Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation (CJCUC) in Jerusalem. He was also co-director of its Institute for Theological Inquiry. Korn was the founding editor of Meorot:A Forum for Modern Orthodox Discourse,based at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in New York City.
Jewish existentialism is a category of work by Jewish authors dealing with existentialist themes and concepts,and intended to answer theological questions that are important in Judaism. The existential angst of Job is an example from the Hebrew Bible of the existentialist theme. Theodicy and post-Holocaust theology make up a large part of 20th century Jewish existentialism.
Rabbi Shubert Spero is an American rabbi and author;he was Professor of Jewish Thought at Bar Ilan University.
Pinchas Hacohen Peli was an Israeli modern Orthodox rabbi,essayist,poet,and scholar of Judaism and Jewish philosophy.
Meir Yaakov Soloveichik is an American Orthodox rabbi and writer. He is the son of Rabbi Eliyahu Soloveichik,grandson of Rabbi Ahron Soloveichik,and a great nephew of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik,the leader of American Jewry who identified with what became known as Modern Orthodoxy.
Shai Held is President,Dean,and Chair in Jewish Thought at the Hadar institute,which he founded in 2006 with Rabbis Elie Kaunfer and Ethan Tucker.
To Do the Will of Our Father in Heaven:Toward a Partnership between Jews and Christians is the Orthodox Rabbinic Statement on Christianity published by the Center for Jewish–Christian Understanding and Cooperation (CJCUC) in 2015. It was initially signed by over 25 prominent Orthodox rabbis in Israel,United States,and Europe,and now has over 60 signatories.
