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– June 10, 2013
Rabbi Riskin is the founding rabbi of the Lincoln Square Synagogue in New York City as well as the Chief Rabbi of Efrat, Israel. This book is a collection of anecdotes about the author’s experiences and memories which impacted the lives and religious growth of many Jewish intellectuals struggling to formulate a set of religious practice in the chaotic post-Holocaust world.
It’s delightful reading and Rabbi Riskin ascribes credit to his wife, Vicky, and his mentor in Jewish law, the late Rabbi Joseph Dov Soloveitchik (1903−1993). It is uplifting to know that there is a future to religious study and behavior in a world which seems to be growing increasingly violent and dysfunctional. Highly accessible for lay readers, this work would also be welcome in seminary, university, and yeshiva libraries.
It’s delightful reading and Rabbi Riskin ascribes credit to his wife, Vicky, and his mentor in Jewish law, the late Rabbi Joseph Dov Soloveitchik (1903−1993). It is uplifting to know that there is a future to religious study and behavior in a world which seems to be growing increasingly violent and dysfunctional. Highly accessible for lay readers, this work would also be welcome in seminary, university, and yeshiva libraries.
Morton Merowitz holds degrees from Yeshiva University, the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, and the State University of New York at Buffalo. He was involved in Jewish education for some ten years and currently reviews non-fiction literature which may be of interest and relevance to students and teachers of Jewish studies.
