"The term 'Rabbi' predominantly denotes Jewish men qualified to interpret the Torah and apply halacha, or those entrusted with the religious leadership of a Jewish community. However, the role of the rabbi has been understood differently across the Jewish world. The significance…
"The term 'Rabbi' predominantly denotes Jewish men qualified to interpret the Torah and apply halacha, or those entrusted with the religious leadership of a Jewish community. However, the role of the rabbi has been understood differently across the Jewish world. The significance…
Isaac Abravanel: Letters
by Skalli, Cedric Cohen, ʼAbravanʼel, (Yiẕḥaq Ben Yěhuda)
fromStudia Judaica
Isaac Abravanel: letters
by Abravanel, Isaac, Abravanel, Isaac
fromStudia Judaica (Walter de Gruyter & Co.)
Loew is known to posterity as the creator of the Golem, an artificial man endowed with superhuman powers. This book not only analyzes the legends and their influence on modern literature and ethics, but also provides a biography the mystical Rabbi.
Meir Kahane came of age amid the radical politics of the counterculture, becoming a militant voice of protest against Jewish liberalism. Kahane founded the Jewish Defense League in 1968, declaring that Jews must protect themselves by any means necessary. He immigrated to Israel …