Talk:Eliezer Berkovits
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[edit] "argued for a renewal of traditional Jewish faith after Auschwitz."--i deleted this
this statement makes R' Dr. Berkovits sound like he instituted a new philosophy, particularly out of the boundaries of orthodox Judaism. He did no such thing, he just suggested an interpretation of a horrific phenomenon.
[edit] Agunot
I think it would be worthwile adding Rabbi Berkovits' solution to agunot. Rabbi Berkovits tried to institute a condtional marriage written in the Ketubah thereby preventing the woman from becoming an agunah. Basically what he suggested was that a woman would be an agent for her "get" and therefore she can deliver the "get" to herself and become divorced- only if the husband didnt comply. this notion was rejected vehementely by orthodox rabbis but was intially accepted (and i think still today) by the conservative community, i.e the Rabbinic Assembly. More is written on this topic in "Jewish Women in Jewish Law" by Moshe Meiselman.
