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Revitalizing Judaism

The Manifesto of the David Cardozo Academy

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It is time to start thinking big about Judaism and Halacha (Jewish law). Great opportunities await us, and too much is at stake to let them just pass by. We have fallen in love with—and become overwhelmed by—an endless supply of all-encompassing but passive information about Judaism in general and Halacha in particular, which does not get processed but only recycled. For too long, Judaism and Halacha have been imprisoned in compartmentalized and awkward boxes. It is time to liberate them. Read more →

Latest Thought to Ponder

A Modern Day Inquisition – Rabbi Joseph Dweck: The Tragic Story of Rabbinical Small-mindedness

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When Orthodox rabbis are told that they are no longer able to speak their minds, offer new insights into Orthodox Judaism, or try to find solutions to serious problems by using innovative ideas, we are faced with a rabbinical world that is wearing blinders, is comprised of yes-people looking over their shoulders, and is generating a hazardous small-mindedness that has far-reaching effects. Read more →

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The Cardozo Academy, a registered non-profit organization in Israel, Canada, England, the Netherlands, and the United States, covers its administrative costs through sponsors and grants, but we need your support to enable us to continue spreading Rabbi Cardozo’s message through our essays and publications. Find out what you can do to support the Cardozo Academy.

The Challenge of Limmud

Limmud offers me the entire Jewish world in a microcosm. As one who teaches Judaism, I need to know what is happening in the larger Jewish world—all the struggles, the differences of opinion, the paradoxes, and the pain of many of my fellow Jews who don’t fit into an easily definable box but still love being part of our great endeavor.

Lonely, but not Alone

Rabbi Cardozo’s short spiritual autobiography, Lonely but not Alone, was published in the May 2013 issue of “Conversations: The Journal of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals.” This is soon to be expanded into a philosophical autobiography spanning four decades of R’ Cardozo’s life and thought.

DCA Think Tank

The DCA’s Jerusalem Think Tank, a forum of Jewish thinkers, educators and leaders, explores a wide range of Jewish topics–matters they struggle with every day–with the hope that exploring uncharted realms of Judaism in these challenging sessions will further invigorate authentic religious living.

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