EDAH is a Modern OrthodoxJewish organization, generally associated with the liberal wing of Modern Orthodoxy. Its headquarters are located in New York. Modern Orthodox Judaism is a philosophy that attempts to adapt Orthodox Judaism and interaction with the surrounding non-Jewish, modern world. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... Modern Orthodox Judaism is a philosophy that attempts to adapt Orthodox Judaism and interaction with the surrounding non-Jewish, modern world. ... Official language(s) English Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ...
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The edah has to determine and employ certain criteria of citizenship for purposes of affiliation and leadership recruitment in the diaspora and to determine status in Israel.
The question ties in with the issue of citizenship but is particularly complex because the edah is not a spatially-bounded polity in which it is easy to determine who is in and who is out.
At present we are still struggling with the reconstitution of the edah, just as the previous generation struggled with the consolidation of the state and the reconstitution of the individual countrywide communities and the generation before struggled to achieve the establishment of the state and the emergence of new Jewish centers in the diaspora.
Edah's founding in 1997, its ideology, and its activities in the ensuing nine years belong to and continue a history of rabbinic ideological debates that began more than two hundred years ago when modernity challenged rabbinic leadership and the Jewish community's spiritual leaders in Europe believed the Torah way of life was under dire threat.
Edah has had a threefold mission: First, clarify and disseminate these ideological positions as a way to celebrate diversity in Orthodoxy and to show how that diversity strengthens rather than weakens the Orthodox community.
Edah was not formed as a critique of haredi Orthodoxy but as a critique of the Modern Orthodox neglect of its own distinctive ideological positions.
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