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The greatest of a generation: Rabbi Soloveitchik revisited
FromTel Aviv Review
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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
Oct 28, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Prof. William Kolbrener, professor of English literature at Bar-Ilan University, discusses with host Gilad Halpern his recently published book The Last Rabbi: Joseph Soloveitchik and the Talmudic Tradition. It presents a critical evaluation of the work of one of the greatest Jewish theologians of the 20th century, who can be credited almost single-handedly with laying the foundations of Modern Orthodoxy. Song: Ivri Lider - Ha'ahava Hazot Shelanu This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel
Released:
Oct 28, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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