Editing Modern Orthodox Judaism (section)

===''Torah Umadda''===
''[[Torah Umadda]]'' ({{Script/Hebrew|תורה ומדע}} – "Torah and secular knowledge") is a philosophy concerning the secular world and Judaism, and in particular secular knowledge and Jewish knowledge. It envisions a [[Identity (social science)|personal]]—''as opposed to'' [[philosophic]]—"[[Torah Umadda#Synthesis|synthesis]]" between Torah scholarship and Western, secular scholarship, entailing, also, positive involvement with the broader community. Here, the "individual has absorbed the attitudes characteristic of science, democracy, and Jewish life, and responds appropriately in diverse relations and contexts".<ref name="Sol Roth">Rabbi Sol Roth, [http://www.yutorah.org/_materials/ACF4B2B.pdf The Jewish Idea of Community]</ref> The resultant mode of Orthodox Judaism is referred to as "[[Torah Umadda#Centrist Orthodoxy|Centrist Orthodoxy]]".

This philosophy, as formulated today, is to a large extent a product of the teachings and philosophy of Rabbi [[Joseph B. Soloveitchik]] (1903–1993), [[Rosh Yeshiva]] at [[Yeshiva University]]. In Rav Soloveitchik's thought, Judaism, which believes that the world is "very good",<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lookstein.org/nechama_parasha1_bereshit.htm |title=Jewish Education and Lookstein Center and Nechama Leibowitz |access-date=2005-10-02 |archive-date=2006-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060209085843/http://www.lookstein.org/nechama_parasha1_bereshit.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> enjoins man to engage in ''[[tikkun olam]]''. "[[Joseph Soloveitchik#Halakhic Man|Halakhic Man]]" must therefore attempt to bring the sanctity and purity of the transcendent realm into the material world.<ref name="Ziegler">Rabbi Ronnie Ziegler: [http://www.vbm-torah.org/archive/rav/rav13.htm Introduction To The Philosophy of Rav Soloveitchik: The Need for Action]</ref> Centrist Orthodoxy is the dominant mode of Modern Orthodoxy in the [[United States]], while ''Torah Umadda'' remains closely associated with Yeshiva University.