Modern Orthodox Judaism

Modern Orthodox Judaism (or Modern Orthodox, also known as Modern Orthodoxy and sometimes abbreviated as "MO") is a movement within Orthodox Judaism that attempts to synthesize traditional observance and values with the secular modern world. It is broadly defined as the effort to adapt Orthodox Judaism to modernity and to avoid the social and/or cultural isolation which living in strict accordance with halakha would seem to impose http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0411/is_4_47/ai_54600118.

Resources

• Introduction to the Thought of Rav Kook, vbm-torah.org
• Introduction to the Philosophy of Rabbi Soloveitchik, vbm-torah.org
• course material - history and philosophy of Modern Orthodoxy, Prof. Alan Brill, Yeshiva University
• torahweb.org, Roshei Yeshiva at Yeshiva University
• kipa.co.il, Religious Zionism portal