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Tilde Co-Founder, OSS enthusiast and world traveler.

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    1. Yehuda Katz  🥨‏Verified account @wycats 30 Oct 2016
      Replying to @wycats @yoz

      to be clear, I had a number of great teachers and mentors who put up with my questioning, and that process helped me establish a 10/

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    2. Yehuda Katz  🥨‏Verified account @wycats 30 Oct 2016
      Replying to @wycats @yoz

      personal rhythm for questioning assumed axioms in a semi-hostile environment, which has served me well. But on the whole 11/

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    3. Yehuda Katz  🥨‏Verified account @wycats 30 Oct 2016
      Replying to @wycats @yoz

      the environment is hermetically sealed and hostile to new information, which is unfortunately diff from historical jewish culture 12/12

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    4. Ariel Caplan‏ @amcaplan 2 Nov 2016
      Replying to @wycats

      This thread puts the Orthodox Jewish community in one big basket. I find that disturbing, and surprising coming from you. @yoz

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    5. Ariel Caplan‏ @amcaplan 2 Nov 2016
      Replying to @amcaplan @wycats

      I never got the sense you were only exposed to a limited segment of the community. So many wouldn't fit this description. @yoz

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    6. Ariel Caplan‏ @amcaplan 2 Nov 2016
      Replying to @amcaplan @wycats

      E.g., I can't count how many times throughout my education we had lectures dedicated to the Genesis/evolution problem. @yoz

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    7. Ariel Caplan‏ @amcaplan 2 Nov 2016
      Replying to @amcaplan @wycats

      And you have rabbis like R. Soloveitchik (https://books.google.co.il/books?id=rIhh_Rx7utwC&pg=PA5&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false …) and R. Aviner (http://www.ravaviner.com/2009/07/were-there-dinosaurs.html …, citing R. Kook) @yoz 1/

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    8. Ariel Caplan‏ @amcaplan 2 Nov 2016
      Replying to @amcaplan @wycats

      just to name a few examples, who aren't really bothered by the issue and published stuff to that effect. The hiding and @yoz 2/

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    9. Ariel Caplan‏ @amcaplan 2 Nov 2016
      Replying to @amcaplan @wycats

      witch-hunting were never present or relevant in my community or for my mentors and teachers. Don't paint us all the same. @yoz /3

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    10. Yehuda Katz  🥨‏Verified account @wycats 2 Nov 2016
      Replying to @amcaplan @yoz

      I've said many times to many people that the saving grace of my upbringing was that there's still a healthy dose of 1/

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      Yehuda Katz  🥨‏Verified account @wycats 2 Nov 2016
      Replying to @wycats @amcaplan @yoz

      truth seeking and questioning. But there's so many people who think evolution is heretical or who won't tolerate questions 2/

      7:49 AM - 2 Nov 2016
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        2. Yehuda Katz  🥨‏Verified account @wycats 2 Nov 2016
          Replying to @wycats @amcaplan @yoz

          that the latter became the dominant experience for me. The modern Orthodox community is of course pretty diff 3/

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        3. Yehuda Katz  🥨‏Verified account @wycats 2 Nov 2016
          Replying to @wycats @amcaplan @yoz

          but the communities are pretty separated and the social norms of ultraorthodoxy barely tolerate modern Orthodox views 4/

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        4. Yehuda Katz  🥨‏Verified account @wycats 2 Nov 2016
          Replying to @wycats @amcaplan @yoz

          the bottom line is that I got a lot out of, and really appreciate the undercurrent of truth seeking in the ultraorthodoxy 5/

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        5. Yehuda Katz  🥨‏Verified account @wycats 2 Nov 2016
          Replying to @wycats @amcaplan @yoz

          but because of social taboos, bullying, and the increasing taboo on discussing information acquired through the internet 6/

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        6. Yehuda Katz  🥨‏Verified account @wycats 2 Nov 2016
          Replying to @wycats @amcaplan @yoz

          the dominant experience is that it's *hard* to seek truth and socially discouraged in a big way. 7/

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        7. Yehuda Katz  🥨‏Verified account @wycats 2 Nov 2016
          Replying to @wycats @amcaplan @yoz

          finally, I think my original tweets were a little more nuanced than you gave me credit for ;) 8/8

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