“In congratulating ourselves on our past, we neglect the work that must be done in the present”
…I wonder whether we’re running the grave risk of turning Heschel into an American-Jewish...
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“On the surface, it might appear that Heschel’s project and the work of Saul Lieberman had little in common”
Though he received a classic yeshiva education, he later earned a doctorate at the...
“Although the JTS faculty was one of the most glittering collections of Jewish intellect ever gathered under one roof, it was, in the end, less than the sum of its professors”
Although the JTS faculty was one of the most glittering collections of Jewish intellect...
The significance of Judaism does not lie in its being conducive to the mere survival of a particular people, but, rather, in its being a source of spiritual wealth
Preoccupation with the notion of survival is the result of utilitarian philosophy according to...
“There are two words I should like to strike from our vocabulary: ‘surveys’ and ‘survival'”
There are two words I should like to strike from our vocabulary: “surveys” and...