Rebbe, the Messiah, and the Scandal of Orthodox Indifference

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Berger
Keyword(s):  
Orthodox Jews ◽  
Core Beliefs ◽  
Christian Belief ◽  
Good Standing ◽  
Christian Mission ◽  
Jewish Resistance ◽  
History Of Religions ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Dead ◽  
Second Coming

The focus of this book is the messianic trend in Lubavitch hasidism. It demonstrates how hasidim who affirm the dead Rebbe's messiahship have abandoned one of Judaism's core beliefs in favour of adherence to the doctrine of a second coming. At the same time, it decries the equanimity with which the standard-bearers of Orthodoxy have granted legitimacy to this development by continuing to recognize such believers as Orthodox Jews in good standing. This abandonment of the age-old Jewish resistance to a quintessentially Christian belief is a development of striking importance for the history of religions and an earthquake in the history of Judaism. The book chronicles the unfolding of this development. It argues that a large number, almost certainly a substantial majority, of Lubavitch hasidim believe in the Rebbe's messiahship; a significant segment, including educators in the central institutions of the movement, maintain a theology that goes beyond posthumous messianism to the affirmation that the Rebbe is pure divinity. While many Jews see Lubavitch as a marginal phenomenon, its influence is in fact growing at a remarkable rate. The book analyses the boundaries of Judaism's messianic faith and its conception of God. It assesses the threat posed by the messianists of Lubavitch and points to the consequences, ranging from undermining a fundamental argument against the Christian mission to calling into question the kosher status of many foods and ritual objects prepared under Lubavitch supervision. Finally, it proposes a strategy to protect authentic Judaism from this assault.

Menander's Dramatic Technique and the Law of Athens

1983 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 412-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. G. McC. Brown
Keyword(s):  
General Attitude ◽  
Good Standing ◽  
The Law ◽  
Dramatic Technique ◽  
Set Up

‘Menander has set up a confrontation between this law [the law about epikleroi] and love… He wants the audience to regard the law as stupid and wrong… Surely one of Menander's purposes in writing this play was to make the Athenians consider seriously whether the law ought to be changed.’ Thus Professor D. M. MacDowell in the concluding paragraph of his article ‘Love versus the Law: an Essay on Menander's Aspis’. A similar view was already implicit in E. Karabelias' treatment of the play as indicative of the general attitude to this law in Athens in Menander's day: ‘A n'en point douter, l'épiclérat est ressenti, á l'epoque de Ménandre, comme une anomalie intolérable pour les mceurs de la societe athénienne à la fin du ive s.av.n.è L'épiclérat est odieux et ridicule… L'hostilité envers l'épiclérat est done un signe des temps’. And Professor E. G. Turner has written: ‘it is hard to imagine that the institution of the epiclerate emerged in good standing from this derisory treatment’.

The ‘Inherent Power’ of Judges: An Ethical Yardstick to Assess Prosecutorial Conduct at the icc

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 304-322
Author(s):  
Anna Oriolo
Keyword(s):  
International Criminal Court ◽  
International Criminal ◽  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
Fair Trial ◽  
Criminal Court ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Good Standing ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Administration Of Justice

Although the Code of Conduct for the Office of the Prosecutor (otp) of the International Criminal Court (icc) that entered into force in 2013 unquestionably provided a more comprehensive set of ethical standards for all members of the Office (both staff members and elected officials), it does not fully meet the current needs to balance the powers and faculties of the Prosecutor in compliance with fair trial principles, the credibility of the Court and the sound administration of justice. Notwithstanding the adoption of the Code, a controversial prosecutorial action in the Bemba et al. case led to a request to disqualify the entire staff of the otp. This paper takes the opportunity to remark on the ethical standards applicable to icc prosecution lawyers and specifically the role of icc judges as the ‘ultimate guardian of a fair and expeditious trial’ in outlining the criteria to assess the conduct, good standing and professionalism of the otp.

Introduction: Selling Out? Solidarity and Choice in the American Feminist Movement

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 241-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennet Kirkpatrick
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Political Theory ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Feminist Movement ◽  
Political Judgment ◽  
Good Standing ◽  
Liberal Political Theory ◽  
Movement Politics

This symposium examines an emergent orientation within the American feminist movement called “choice feminism.” Choice feminists are primarily concerned with increasing the number of choices open to women and with decreasing judgments about the choices that individual women make. Choice feminists are best known for their argument that a woman who leaves the remunerated labor market to care for her children is a feminist in good standing; she makes a feminist decision. While media coverage of choice feminism has been extensive, political scientists have been comparatively quiet. In this symposium, four political scientists analyze and evaluate choice feminism, revealing their disagreement about the validity of the choice feminist position and about the meaning of choice feminism for movement politics, political judgment, and liberal political theory.

Health Education: The Other Side of the Coin

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 464-465
Author(s):  
Daniel A. Lagozzino
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Executive Committee ◽  
School Health ◽  
The Other ◽  
Good Standing ◽  
The Past ◽  
Health Committee ◽  
Minority Report

Although I am currently a member in good standing of the AAP School Health Committee and have been for the past four years, your readers may be surprised to find my name missing from the list endorsing the School Health Committee's Statement on Health Education which appears on page 458 in this issue of Pediatrics. Also, the Executive Committee turned down my request to publish a Minority Report. Therefore, this opportunity to describe the other side of the coin is sincerely appreciated.

Unpublished Inscriptions from Pisidian Antioch

1967 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 101-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Levick
Keyword(s):  
Fourth Century ◽  
Lower Surface ◽  
Good Standing ◽  
The Right

It is many years since scholars began systematically to copy and publish the inscriptions of Colonia Caesarea (Pisidian Antioch), but the site of the colony and the houses and streets of the neighbouring town of Yalvaç still have much to yield. The following inscriptions, hitherto unpublished, were collected in 1955. They are arranged here according to language. The Latin inscriptions come first: a group of architectural fragments and dedications to Roman emperors, ranging widely in date but belonging for the most part to the early fourth century, is followed by some dedications to private individuals, probably persons of good standing in the colony. The Greek inscriptions may be divided into three classes: epitaphs, dedications to the gods, and some late, Christian, fragments; official tituli are wanting.I. In the garden of the Ortokul at Yalvaç, on a broken entablature now measuring 66 cm. in length by 42 cm. in height by 36 cm. in depth (lower surface). The letters range from 7·5 to 5·5 cm. in height. The inscription is complete above, where there is a moulding, and below (on the right at least).

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