BETWEEN CONFORMITY AND ANARCHY (PODCAST)
Rabbi Dunner addresses the anomaly of anti-anarchists also harboring disdain for conformity and conventionality. Citing a wonderful Ohr Hachaim commentary on Parshat Shemini, Rabbi Dunner suggests that conformity is not necessarily the opposite of anarchy after all.
There is a particular kind of self-destructive confidence that exists only at the very top of a brutal regime. It isn’t courage, and it certainly isn’t principle. It’s raw hubris,... Read More