Social Justice Issues and Rabbinic Sex Offenders

This week’s podcast opens with a brief mailbag discussion about Hebrew language education in the religious Zionist community. Then, (11:00) is the religious Zionist community less involved in issues of social justice such as caring about the environment? If so, what are the possible reasons for that? Lively debate ensues, including discussion of possible differences in perspective along liberal/conservative lines. Finally (34:22) an impassioned discussion of the case of Rabbi Shmuel Tal, who has admitted to sexual indiscretion. We discuss what makes this case so troubling, and how the religious Zionist community should respond to cases of sexual abuse and impropriety among its leaders.