Question

Hello Rabbi Michi, I read your letter to your son’s yeshiva head that was published here on the site. Its content and insights add, for me, to other fears and questions that have been on my mind lately…… It’s clear that the general state of religion is very bleak….. There are very few places (like your site) where it’s really possible to discuss the fundamentals of faith and religion in a genuinely free and open way. On the other hand, it’s clear to me that the overwhelming majority of Jews who are defined as religious, and even as Torah scholars, would see this site and the questions raised here—and even more so the answers given here—as heresy, distortion of the Torah, and so on….. For me, as a religious person pursuing truth, this site is a place of comfort in a sea of nonsense, emptiness, slogans, and superficiality that surrounds me in the flow of my life (work, community, family, friends), and there’s no one to talk to…… And so I ask: is there hope for authentic Judaism? For authentic faith? For the right and mature attitude toward our sources???? It seems that the situation is only getting worse….. The best and most critical minds are leaving us. Those who become religious are mostly driven by emotion and find comfort in the mystical side of Judaism; they certainly won’t make it to your site……. What can we do??????