Religious Zionism
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CHAPTER 1. Religious Zionism and the Global Renaissance of Judaism
Rabbi Kook’s religious revolution is distinguished by the fact that it exists entirely within the framework of Orthodox Judaism, presenting…
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CHAPTER 7. The Conflict between Halakha and the Ethical Instinct
The goal of this chapter is to analyze the approach of Modern Orthodoxy to situations in which there is a…
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CHAPTER 6. Rabbi Kook’s Vision of the Modernization of Judaism
1. A Step in the Development of Judaism[footnote] This chapter was published as an article in Conversations, the journal of…
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Chapter 5. Contemporary Problems in Judaism
1. Running off the Road in our Century: the Religious Inadequacy of the Judaism of Galut for Life in Israel…
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CHAPTER 4. Applying the Concept of the National Dialogue with God to Current Problems Facing Judaism
We begin our discussion with an analysis of one of the most well known legends from the Talmud, the tale…
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CHAPTER 3. Advancing our Understanding of Jewish Life through the Concept of a National Dialogue with God
In this chapter, we will “test-drive” the idea above with a few examples in which the concept of a national…
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CHAPTER 2. Religious Significance of the State of Israel
1. The Vilna Gaon’s Concept of the Death and Resurrection of the Jewish People Rabbi Eliahu ben Shlomo Zalman, known…
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