http://forward.com The Forward, an independent, high-profile weekly newspaper, is a fearless and indispensable source of news and opinion on Jewish affairs. Thu, 02 Aug 2007 10:15:00 EST Newspapers en-us Symphony 2.0 http://forward.com/articles/11308/ <p>Dear Prof. Feldman: My first — and last — impression after reading your extremely well-written <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/22/magazine/22yeshiva-t.html?ex=1186113600&amp;en=65c2da82af1f612d&amp;ei=5070">New York Times Magazine essay</a> (more properly — a manifesto) is one of sympathy for your predicament, respect for your honesty and profound sadness at the community&#8217;s misfortune when one of our best and most well-known yeshiva day school graduates sees nothing wrong with “marrying out.” Worse: You wittingly or unwittingly exposed your coreligionists to opprobrium in arguably the world&#8217;s most public forum — even as you express admiration for the Jewish tradition, especially for Modern Orthodoxy.</p> Thu, 02 Aug 2007 10:15:00 EST http://forward.com/articles/11308/