The Langer Affair: Class 4
The "Langer Affair," where Chief Rabbi Shlomo Goren freed two young people from the taint of mamzerut, became the State of Israel's most divisive halakhic dispute. We will examine this dispute from a halakhic, sociological and political lens, and uncover some fascinating ironies and examples of how Orthodox society has evolved since the early 1970s.
Meet the speaker
Dr. Marc Shapiro
Marc B. Shapiro holds the Weinberg Chair in Judaic Studies at the University of Scranton. A graduate of Brandeis (BA) and Harvard (PhD), he is the author of numerous books, articles, and reviews and is a popular scholar in residence at synagogues around the world. He has written Between the Yeshiva World and Modern Orthodoxy and The Limits of Orthodox Theology, both of which were National Jewish Book Award Finalists. Other books of his include Saul Lieberman and the Orthodox, Studies in Maimonides and His Interpreters, and Changing…