“This is not what I was looking to promote and it is certainly not what any of the institutions I am affiliated with promote.” “In one of our interviews regarding Biblical Criticism, one of the interviewees expressed thoughts that veer beyond the pale of traditional Jewish thought,” Rabbi Bashevkin wrote. And then, before I had a chance to write this article, in a post called “Reflections four months after launch,” David Bashevkin apologized for another interview that went too far. They told me how they had come to start the project, and what their plans were. So I spoke with Rabbi Bashevkin and his partner in the venture, Mitchell Eichen. Why would an Orthodox rabbi want to bring an ex-Orthodox voice into the Jewish conversation he was hosting? Get The Jewish Standard Newsletter by email and never miss our top stories gogue: Sin and Failure in Jewish Thought” was published last year - and tweeting, so podcasting was not an unexpected development. His extracurricular activities include writing - he has a humor column in Mishpacha magazine, and his book “Sin Rabbi David Bashevkin lives in Teaneck by day he is director of education for the Orthodox Union’s youth group, NCSY.
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