Truth and Fact in Modern Rabbinic Judaism

Should contemporary societal values and norms shape Judaism?

Allison van Tilborgh
Interfaith Now
Published in
4 min readMar 18, 2019

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At what point in history have practices of faith traditions not been shaped by societal values? How is it that one Rabbi can read Leviticus 18:22 (“You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination”) and interpret it as an explicit sanction against romantic homosexual…

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Allison van Tilborgh
Interfaith Now

Writing at the intersection of faith, food, film, and feminism.