Bestselling Author Freida McFadden Reveals Her True Identity
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Who gets to define who is Jewish? Why does Orthodox Judaism not recognize Reform conversion? Do we really have to keep all the mitzvot?
0:00 Introduction
0:25 What makes someone Jewish?
1:22 Why isn’t a Reform convert considered Jewish by Orthodox standards?
4:15 What is so special about Shabbat?
5:40 There are too many mitzvot, do we have to keep them all?
8:05 What does kickboxing have to do with Judaism?
9:22 “Religion makes me miserable…”
10:43 Have rabbis replaced the role of therapists?
12:24 Should children use phones?
Hi Rabbi, I’m a Reform Jewish convert and wanted to share my perspective respectfully. I don’t think comparing Reform and Orthodox Judaism to different sports is quite fair. They are not separate religions, but different expressions within the same Jewish faith, rooted in the same Torah, laws, history, and core principles. Reform may interpret and practice more inclusively, but it still seeks to live within the fundamental covenant and identity of Judaism. May I ask — when referring to the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust, do you view that number as including all Jews regardless of affiliation, or only those considered Orthodox?
I didn’t listen to all of it, but boy, would I love to have a conversation with this Rabbi. He contradicts himself in the third section.
Judaism creates Jews.
Shouldn’t we also love the non Jew?