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Allergic to ‘God-talk’? The former head of a rabbinical seminary wants a word.

JL;DR SUMMARY Arnold Eisen, former chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary, explores his personal belief in God in his new book, "Seeking the Hiding God: A Personal Theological Essay." A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Conservative JudaismJewish ThoughtPrayerJewish Theological SeminaryAbraham Joshua HeschelJewish TheologyFaithMartin BuberEthicsArnold Eisen

Places mentioned

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"Eisen grew up in suburban Philadelphia, where his family attended the Conservative synagogue Temple Emanu-El."
Stanford, California, United States
"before that, as a professor of Jewish culture and religion at Stanford University."
New York, United States
"He remains a full-time member of the JTS faculty."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Prior to becoming JTS chancellor in 2007 the first non-rabbi in the role he served on the faculties of Stanford, Tel Aviv and Columbia universities."
England, United Kingdom
"a BPhil in the sociology of religion at Oxford University, and his PhD in the history of Jewish thought from Hebrew University. "

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