The OU Recommends a Course in Modern Orthodoxy by Professor Alan Brill

The OU Recommends . . .

A course on Modern Orthodoxy by Professor Alan Brill is available on the Yeshiva University Torah Online website. www.yutorah.org. Search under teacher Rabbi Alan Brill.

The syllabus for the course reading list is attached to audio lecture number one, as is a useful chart "Varieties of Modern Orthodoxy." A majority of the readings are available on the site as pdf downloads.

The class will move through the various constructions of Modern Orthodoxy, Including: The religious Zionism of Rabbis Reines, Yavetz, Churgin, and Gold; the traditionalism of Rabbis J.H. Hertz, Shadal, and Pererra-Mendes; the Modern Orthodoxy of Rabbis Rackman, Berkovits, Israel Miller, and Belkin; the Centrism of Rabbis Lichtenstein, and Schachter; the Bnai Akiva Torah vaAvodah of Rabbis Rosenthal, and Landau; the Religious State of Rabbis Herzog, Maimon, and Goren; the transition to Hardal of Rabbis Tzvi Yehudah Kook, Neriah, and Aviner; and the new religious Zionists, Rabbis Sherlo, Shagar, Brandes, and Gilad.