Reply To: Becoming an NCSY Advisor

I do nothing that Rav Jonathan Sacks, or Rav Haskel Lookstein, or Rav Shear Yashuv Cohen, or Rav Sperber, or Rav Ratzon Arussi, Rav David Bigman, Rav Alan Brill, Rav Yuval Cherlow, Rabbi David Rosen, or other Orthodox rabbis involved in interfaith relations wouldn’t do.

To compare the work of these men (and what I do, sitting on a clergy association, organizing community service projects, furthering tolerance and dialogue, etc.) with adultery is asinine.

Sharing the beauty of the Torah and mitzvot with others is my primary motivation in life. And NCSY is a respected Modern Orthodox kiruv organization, which has the support of many of the above-cited rabbis, whose involvement in interfaith matters is well-documented, halakhically-defensible, and constitutes a kiddush hashem.

I think NCSY would be very happy to have their kids doing as I do. I learned nusach, trope, and developed public speaking skills to the point where I’m qualified to conduct services in an Orthodox shul. I’m proud of what I do, and I don’t need your animosity.