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Where Have All the Theologians Gone?Name five contemporary Jewish theologians saying something interesting about Jewish belief who had not already published a major work by 1990. Stumped? So am I.…Read more
‘Greatest British Jew,’ 85, Synthesized Faith and ModernityLouis Jacobs, the most prolific and controversial rabbi of contemporary British Jewry, died July 1 in London. He was 85.The cause was esophageal cancer, said his son, Ivor.Jacobs was trained as an Orthodox rabbi, and his theological profile took on international significance in the 1960s when he was barred from a prominent rabbinical seminary post…Read more
When a Scholar Became ChancellorWho is Arnold Eisen?Few of my colleagues in the Conservative rabbinate have ever met this Stanford University professor, who was named last month to replace Ismar Schorsch as chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. The appointment is sure to shape the character of the premier American institution of Jewish studies and the…Read more
‘Greatest British Jew,’ 85, Synthesized Faith and ModernityLouis Jacobs, the most prolific and controversial rabbi of contemporary British Jewry, died July 1 in London. He was 85.The cause was esophageal cancer, said his son, Ivor.Jacobs was trained as an Orthodox rabbi, and his theological profile took on international significance in the 1960s when he was barred from a prominent rabbinical seminary post…Read more
When a Scholar Became ChancellorWho is Arnold Eisen?Few of my colleagues in the Conservative rabbinate have ever met this Stanford University professor, who was named last month to replace Ismar Schorsch as chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. The appointment is sure to shape the character of the premier American institution of Jewish studies and the…Read more
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