Posts Tagged 'the Shlomo Riskin Controversy'

Rabbi Shlomo Riskin created shock-waves across the Internet by praising Jesus as a sage and even referring to him as “Rabbi Jesus.” For many Modern Orthodox and especially Haredi Jews, this disclosure tarnishes the pristine and almost iconic status Rabbi Riskin cultivated over the last several decades. To his immense credit, Rabbi Riskin has done more to create a legion of modern ba’alei tshuva (“returnees”), who has set a path for aliyah and has emerged as one ...