Adina and Eric Yoffie: A Different Path, Still Family [Divergence 5/5]

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Yussie Zakutinsky’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

we had a conversation with the Frisch family whose mother is a reform rabbi and whose son is now studying in the mirror and it really received overwhelming support and positivity. In many ways the story was seen as a way of a family sticking together even through denominational differences. But there were many who were upset by the episode and I have no doubt that there will be many who will be upset by this episode because I think we've been having a harder and harder time discussing the very real ideological differences that exist between the denominations particularly in the United States of America but this has massive repercussions for the way that we create and develop the state of Israel and religious rights in Israel that there's probably no issue that I can think of that has higher tension and more at stake. And even with that being the case, I thought it was really important to have another conversation with a family, with a child of one denomination and the father of another. And I really realized that how necessary this in fact was in the aftermath of the shooting in Texas, in Avenel, Texas, in Congregation Beth Israel in the suburb of Colleyville. I believe that's how you pronounce it. I think I have the information correct. And I was looking at how this was discussed throughout the Jewish community. I mean, to have somebody walk into a place of worship and hold people hostage based on their Jewish identity is something absolutely terrifying. But it was only a few days

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1. 1:10we had a conversation with the Frisch family whose mother is a reform rabbi and whose…
2. 6:53about their ideological differences, but they were able to kind of come back and foster homes…
3. 13:10deep, serious ideological differences. But when we become snarky, when we dunk on each other, when…
4. 19:28faith or anything, but he never had that sort of thing in his kishkes exactly the…
5. 25:11mashgiach ruchani if you will. I'm just so curious. I I want to come back to…
6. 31:34we're still close, but to say that there aren't you know, concerns and one or the…
7. 37:58I'm happy you brought up. I'm sorry to jump in, but I'm only interrupting you with…
8. 43:48of swordfish, and those weren't really scales and whatever. And she would say, "Well, grandpa ate…
9. 50:20that's exactly the point that makes this work for us as individuals and for us as…
10. 56:45really shows what orthodoxy, what modern orthodoxy can be, what orthodoxy can look like in modernity.…

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