First Things RSS Feed - Eliyahu Stern https://www.firstthings.com/author/eliyahu-stern en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:53:57 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/eliyahu-stern 60 Realigning Jewish Peoplehood https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2008/02/realigning-jewish-peoplehood https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2008/02/realigning-jewish-peoplehood Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 On July 22, 2007, the New York Times ran an article by Harvard law professor Noah Feldman on the repercussions of his marrying outside his Jewish faith. The article, entitled “Orthodox Paradox,” details how Feldman, a Yeshiva day-school graduate, Rhodes scholar, and all-around Jewish wunderkind went from being super-Jew to persona non grata, shunned by his high school and ostracized by his community. Feldman’s piece sparked responses from virtually every major Jewish notable and brought to the fore the challenges of holding on to the sacrosanct concept of Jewish peoplehood in an age of intermarriage.

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