So did AJOP address l'affaire Slifkin?
Not officially, but the issue was brought up or alluded to in two sessions I attended.
Rabbi Dr. Akiva Tatz M.D. addressed the issue in a session having nothing really to do with science per se. It was a session that had to do with how to present Torah material. It was in that context that he quoted R Moshe Shapiro, one of the primary signatories to the "ban". He said R Shapiro is of the opinion that it is not appropriate to have two Torahs, i.e. one for frum people and one for prospective Baalei Teshuva. He would not be in agreement with the opinion of R Yaakov Weinberg z"l quoted by R Ari Kahn that this type of conciliatory material is acceptable for BT's but not for other groups. R.Dr. Tatz said that all Torah, even when taught to the non-frum, needs to be "pure", and apologetic. If they're not ready to hear something, don't speak of it. But don't fudge it or say something that is not glatt from a frum perspective.
I am paraphrasing Dr. Tatz's views.
More later...
Posted by Yehupitz at January 27, 2005 06:03 PM