[BRIEF NOTE] Sexuality and God, part x

[rfmcdonald]

zarq has been tracking the interesting story of a former head of an Orthodox yeshiva in New York City who has outed himself and severed links with his community. The venerable Forward has more about the shock in the Orthodox community, here. The final paragraph's worthy of note.

"It's an existential crisis," Linzer said. "Halacha demands a lot sacrifices in life, in many, many, realms but there's usually none that makes someone challenge their core identity and [wonder] if they as a person are accepted or rejected. I would say that if there is anything similar to it, it might be how some Orthodox feminists are struggling with such issues, meaning that it's not only the question of 'Is the Torah giving me an opportunity to participate as fully as I feel I should?' but 'Is the Torah biased against who I am, biased against women?' It's a similar issue here. It's not just a question, I think, of what is the Torah prohibiting and demanding of me, but is the Torah against me?"

ObRowan Atkinson: "The Jews were right."