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Zemah Davidsohn
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New York City, United States of America
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1863
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Like other “holy men,” the rabbi played political, religious, and cultural roles. Just as the Zoroastrian Magus was involved in the administration of the local community, in the maintenance of cultic…
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Jacob Neusner
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1971
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She is sitting silently. Zvi looks out the window and lights a cigarette.
Hannah:I don’t think smoke’s very good for the baby…
Zvi:Sorry. (He puts the cigarette out.)
Hannah:I don’t…
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Motti Lerner
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Durham, United States of America
(Tel Aviv, Israel)
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2003
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A recent discussion of our question concludes as follows:
In conclusion, women are not permitted under any circumstances to wear tefillin. In view of the fact that the Rema, the…
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David Golinkin
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New York City, United States of America
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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1986
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Halakhah consists of the norms taught by the Jewish tradition, how one is to live as a Jew. Most Jewish norms are embodied in the laws of the…
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Commission on the Philosophy of Conservative Judaism
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New York, United States of America
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1988
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In our national gallery—the gibbore ha-umah—there are three great Moseses: the law-giver of Mt. Sinai, Moses Ben Maimon of Cordova, and Moses Isserles of Cracow. Twice was the winged word coined:…
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Leo Jung
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New York City, United States of America
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1935
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Elhanan Wasserman
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1936
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In most of the current reflections on the relation between philosophy and society, it is somehow taken for granted that philosophy always possessed political or social status. According to F arabi…
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Leo Strauss
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Chicago, United States of America
Date:
1952
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It is not unusual for committed Jewish women to be uneasy about their position as Jews. It was to cry down our doubts that rabbis developed their pre-packaged orations on the nobility of motherhood…
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Rachel Adler
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1971
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I am Rabbi Balfour Brickner. I serve as the national director of the Commission on Interfaith Activities, a joint commission of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the Jewish Chautauqua Society…
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Balfour Brickner
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Washington, United States of America
Date:
1974