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Autonomy Comes Apart, the Mesorah Cannot Hold:Rav Soloveitchik’s Afterlife in the 21st Century

JL;DR SUMMARY Levi Morrow explores the enduring influence of Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik on 21st-century Jewish thought through a review of recent publications, including a new edition of Soloveitchik's "Halakhic Man" translated by Lawrence Kaplan. 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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TheologyJewish ThoughtTranslationModern OrthodoxyHalakhic ManJonathan SacksJoseph SoloveitchikAutonomyLawrence KaplanIntellectual Influence

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University of Alabama, Alabama, United States
"Daniel Ross Goodman, Soloveitchiks Children: Irving Greenberg, David Hartman, Jonathan Sacks, and the Future of Jewish Theology in America (University of Alabama Press, 2023)."

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