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Joshua Trachtenberg
1904–1959
Joshua Trachtenberg was born in London and received a doctorate from Columbia University. He was ordained as a Reform rabbi in 1936 and served in congregational positions in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Trachtenberg wrote about the role of folk magic in Jewish culture and explored the roots of modern pagan practices. In addition, his work discusses spiritual differences between Israelis and Americans.
Content by Joshua Trachtenberg
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The Devil and the Jews: The Medieval Conception of the Jew and Its Relation to Modern Antisemitism
The mass mind is eminently retentive. Man, in Nietzsche’s definition, is the being with the longest memory, and José Ortega y Gasset has recently affirmed (in his Toward a Philosophy of History) the…
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Destruction, Rebirth, and Cultural Thought
1939–1973
The years between 1939 and 1973 witnessed unprecedented tragedy and transformation for the Jewish people.