No religious position is loyally served by refusing to consider annoying theories which may well turn out to be facts.
From Norman Lamm
Conventional dogmas, even if endowed with the authority of an Aristotle - ancient or modern - must be tested vigorously. If they are found wanting, we need not bother with them. But if they are found to be substantially correct, we may not overlook them.
I was not the midwife of the Law School, but its fraternal twin.
However, the word madda in modern Hebrew specifically means science.
My mother, whose family was heavily rabbinic, said she wanted me to continue the family tradition in the rabbinate. My father said he wanted me to be a scholar of the Talmud, but he wanted me to make my living in science.
In Judaism, there are 613 biblical commandments, and the Talmud says that the chief commandment of all is study.
Judaism is an intellectually based religion, and the single most important theme is that of study.
At Cardozo, study of law is part of a larger culture. You can get a law degree and make a good living, but it is best that you do that having studied the discipline for its own inherent merit, because you love studying.
I showed that privacy was an implicit right in Jewish law, probably going back to the second or third century, when it was elaborated on in a legal way.
As a result of this article, I was invited to testify in the Senate Judiciary Committee on privacy law.
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