Comments on: Why modern orthodoxy is in trouble http://elias-bachrach.com/wordpress/2010/03/09/why-modern-orthodoxy-is-in-trouble/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 17 May 2012 08:53:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ari http://elias-bachrach.com/wordpress/2010/03/09/why-modern-orthodoxy-is-in-trouble/comment-page-1/#comment-4788 Ari Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:46:16 +0000 http://elias-bachrach.com/wordpress/?p=769#comment-4788 Artscroll is becoming nusach America - that is perhaps the truest and most frightening thing I've seen today. Artscroll is becoming nusach America – that is perhaps the truest and most frightening thing I’ve seen today.

]]> By: Chaim http://elias-bachrach.com/wordpress/2010/03/09/why-modern-orthodoxy-is-in-trouble/comment-page-1/#comment-4787 Chaim Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:06:25 +0000 http://elias-bachrach.com/wordpress/?p=769#comment-4787 I've actually had an almost identical experience looking for siddurim. For the regular service, my Hebrew is good enough for a Rinat Yisrael or a Koren, but for the special services, it is very difficult. I use the Metsudah Slichot, which is decent, but I've never found a satisfactory option for RH/YK. And until the recent publication of the Sacks edition of the Koren, there wasn't a good translated everyday siddur, either. The Artscroll-ization of Judaism is a big (and not new) problem. Even more than the lack of decent texts that we've been discussing, is the question of minhagim. Historically, there never was a "Minhag America," but Artscroll has managed to create one. In private ritual it's perhaps more understanable (if no less frustrating), but in public, at schul, the pulpit rabbis should never have allowed it to happen. (And it's of course not any better to blindly follow the Luach Ezras Torah, which is the other "standard" that people use.) I’ve actually had an almost identical experience looking for siddurim. For the regular service, my Hebrew is good enough for a Rinat Yisrael or a Koren, but for the special services, it is very difficult. I use the Metsudah Slichot, which is decent, but I’ve never found a satisfactory option for RH/YK. And until the recent publication of the Sacks edition of the Koren, there wasn’t a good translated everyday siddur, either.

The Artscroll-ization of Judaism is a big (and not new) problem. Even more than the lack of decent texts that we’ve been discussing, is the question of minhagim. Historically, there never was a “Minhag America,” but Artscroll has managed to create one. In private ritual it’s perhaps more understanable (if no less frustrating), but in public, at schul, the pulpit rabbis should never have allowed it to happen. (And it’s of course not any better to blindly follow the Luach Ezras Torah, which is the other “standard” that people use.)

]]> By: David http://elias-bachrach.com/wordpress/2010/03/09/why-modern-orthodoxy-is-in-trouble/comment-page-1/#comment-4786 David Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:36:06 +0000 http://elias-bachrach.com/wordpress/?p=769#comment-4786 I have been sufficiently frustrated by the lack of haggadot that I'm beginning to make my own. You can get the Hebrew text from Davka (or Mellel or ...) and they also have an English translation which is mediocre but is a decent start... I'm happy to share what I have once I'm done. I have been sufficiently frustrated by the lack of haggadot that I’m beginning to make my own. You can get the Hebrew text from Davka (or Mellel or …) and they also have an English translation which is mediocre but is a decent start…

I’m happy to share what I have once I’m done.

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