This article by Noah Feldman, an Orthodox Jew who argues for a more inclusive view within his tradition, and who incidentally married a non-Jewish woman (to the great horror of the entire Orthodox community), discusses the tensions between trying to follow his faith tradition and being a thinking, rational, compassionate human being. I rather identify with what he has to say, including the reaction of his Orthodox community to his non-traditional opinions; it reminds me of my own complaints in an earlier post here on trying to be a traditional modern Muslimah. Not that I'm equating this small endeavor with the work of this well-published scholar...
...just read the article, already.
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