This concluding chapter addresses the issue of Rabbi Jehiel Jacob Weinberg's lasting importance. Because Weinberg's form of Orthodoxy has been forced on to the defensive in recent years, it is no surprise that the so-called Modern Orthodox look towards him as a guiding light in their encounter with modernity. His name is often brought up in Modern Orthodox writings, for he identified with the ideals of this ‘movement’. He believed in a halakhah which responded to social change wherever possible, and was frightened by the rising extremism in Orthodoxy. Therefore, the chapter reveals that the Modern Orthodox claim Weinberg as one of their own, and draw inferences from his published opinions to cases which were not yet relevant in his time. As such, Weinberg stands out as an icon of Modern Orthodoxy.
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