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The fact that at a crossroads in Jewish history two “fathers of the world” met, men who were to become trailblazers in religious philosophy, is of major importance. The…
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Abraham Joshua Heschel
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1962
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It is not the plan of this essay to discuss the millennium-old problem of faith and reason. I want instead to focus attention on a human-life situation in which the man of faith as an individual…
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Joseph B. Soloveitchik
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New York, United States of America
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1965
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I trust that none of my remarks will be understood to say that assimilation is not now, or has not always been, a great threat to the Jewish group. In a sense, the problem of assimilation is as old as…
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Gerson D. Cohen
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Brookline, United States of America
Date:
1966
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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 wish, then, to describe the four classes to which Jews today belong in order to derive therefrom the principal claim of this discussion, namely: to the extent that the Jews do not take advantage of…
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Lazarus Bendavid
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Vienna, Austrian Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1793
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According to the workings of the natural order there are three periods through which each primordial nation passes from the time it comes into being until it passes from the scene and perishes:
- The…
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Nachman Krochmal
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Tarnopol, Austrian Empire (Ternopil, Ukraine)
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1800-1840
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The worst conflagration is that which flares up from the depths. All the water in the world can’t extinguish such a fire before it has gutted everything in its way, because by the time it has been…
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Mordekhai Feierberg
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1899
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In the blessing “With a great love hast Thou loved us,” we say, “and unify our heart to love and fear Thy Name.” This is apparently in contradiction to the principle…
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Elimelech of Lizhensk
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Leżajsk, Habsburg Empire (Leżajsk, Poland)
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Michael Joseph Guzikov
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Lyady, Russian Empire (Lyady, Belarus)
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1827
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A passage in chapter 22 of the third Book of Moses was destined to become the starting point for one of the most peculiar religious concepts of the Jewish people. It reads: “Observe my laws and…
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Samuel Hugo Bergmann
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Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1913