ly ▁works , ▁dist ributes ▁the ▁writ ings ▁of ▁Orth odox ▁think ers ▁who ▁def y ▁the ▁accepted ▁norm s ▁of ▁publications ▁in ▁the ▁H ared i ▁world ; ▁the ▁latter ▁include ▁works ▁that ▁were ▁previously ▁distributed ▁by ▁prominent ▁publish ers ▁such ▁as ▁Feld heim . ▁ ▁His ▁publishing ▁company ▁has ▁undert aken ▁to ▁dist ribute ▁the ▁works ▁of ▁Rab bi ▁Nat an ▁Sl if kin ▁whose ▁books ▁were ▁b anned ▁by ▁many ▁H ared i ▁rabb is ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁other ▁works ▁that ▁are ▁not ▁open ly ▁approved ▁by ▁the ▁H ared i ▁main stream ▁rabb inate . ▁In ▁explaining ▁his ▁defense ▁of ▁Sl if kin ▁and ▁his ▁willing ness ▁to ▁publish ▁Sl if kin ' s ▁books , ▁Student ▁wrote ▁in ▁The ▁Jewish ▁Press , ▁" The ▁Jewish ▁community ▁is ▁no ▁stranger ▁to ▁conflict . ▁Some ▁controvers ies , ▁however , ▁trans c end ▁their ▁local ▁concern ▁and ▁rever ber ate ▁in ▁ways ▁originally ▁un int ended . ▁I ▁believe ▁we ▁have ▁witness ed ▁such ▁an ▁event ▁with ▁the ▁recent ▁controvers y ▁surrounding ▁three ▁books ▁about ▁Tor ah ▁and ▁science ▁by ▁Rab bi ▁Nat an ▁( N os son ) ▁Sl if kin . ▁The ▁b ans ▁prom ul g ated ▁on ▁his ▁books ▁have ▁come ▁to ▁represent ▁more ▁than ▁just ▁disapp ro val ▁of ▁those ▁specific ▁works ; ▁they ▁have ▁come ▁to ▁sign ify ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁central ized ▁rabb in ic ▁authority ▁in ▁our ▁global ized ▁world ▁and ▁the ▁increased ▁emp ower ment ▁of ▁the ▁individual ▁afford ed ▁by