Jack J. Cohen

Judaism in a Post-Halakhic Age

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Judaism in a Post-Halakhic Age tackles the following questions: 1. What is Halakhah and what role has it played in the creative survival of the Jewish people for two millennia? 2. Why is Halakhah no longer capable of functioning as it has until now? 3. What sort of polity and religious culture can be recommended to replace the Halakhic tradition in an era of freedom, democracy, scientific research and religious pluralism? The author, however, out of his great respect for the Halakhic culture, asks what it can still contribute to Jewish civilization and the advance of a united humanity.

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-934843-92-5
EAN: 9781934843925
Produktnummer: 6563627
Verlag: Academic Studies Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Seitenangabe: 218 S.
Masse: H24.0 cm x B16.1 cm x D1.6 cm 513 g
Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken mit Schutzumschlag
Gewicht: 513

Über den Autor

Jack J. Cohen (1919-2012) was a Reconstructionist rabbi, educator, and philosopher. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he graduated from Brooklyn College, was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, where he later taught, and received a PhD in Philosophy of Education from Columbia University. A leading student of Rabbi Mordecai M. Kaplan, the founder of the Reconstructionist Movement, Rabbi Cohen served as the rabbi of the Society for the Advancement of Judaism, the synagogue established in New York by Rabbi Kaplan. Later, Rabbi Cohen moved to Israel, where he was a founder of a Reconstructionist congregation in Jerusalem and served for more than two decades as director of the Hillel Foundation at the Hebrew University.