Halakhic Man, Authentic Jew: Modern Expressions of Orthodox Thought from Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and Rabbi Eliezer Berkovits - Hardcover

Bedzow, Ira

9789655240290: Halakhic Man, Authentic Jew: Modern Expressions of Orthodox Thought from Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and Rabbi Eliezer Berkovits

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9655240290 ISBN 13: 9789655240290

Publisher: Urim Publications, 2009

Halakhic Man, Authentic Jew is a comparative study of the thought of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and Rabbi Eliezer Berkovits about what constitutes a model Jew and the understanding and presentation of Halakha in a modern era.

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About the Author:

Ira Bedzow is a Rabbi, a senior scholar of The Aspen Center for Social Values, and a member of the Atlanta Dayanut Institute. He is the author of Standing on Both Feet: The Value of Promoting Jewish Social Values and Things Overheard in the Synagogue. He lives in Atlanta.

Review:

Rabbi Bedzow possesses a rare combination of lomdus and profound philosophical knowledge. His work compels a reexamination of the most fundamental ideas of the Mesorah. A must read. --Rabbi Fishel Todd, Founder of Yeshivat Pirchei Shoshanim

With intellectual honesty and disarming humility, Bedzow sheds much light on the complex interplay of Orthodoxy and modernity. Any thinking Jew will be delighted by this sophisticated and insightful study. --Henry Abramson, Ph.D., Dean of Academic Affairs, Touro College South

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