Tag: Boston Jewish Community
Ruth Fein, a pioneering figure in the Boston Jewish community, passed away at the age of 96.
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Facts are Like Fish: A Response to The Arrival of Rabbi Soloveitchik in America: A Documentary Report
In response to a documentary report on Rabbi Soloveitchik's arrival in America, Tovah Lichtenstein critiques the focus on trivial details like her sister's name in ship manifest instead of the broader context of the Rabbi's encounter with Boston's Jews.
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The Pedagogical Imagination of a Subversive Conservative: Rabbi Soloveitchik’s Arrival as an Educational Visionary
Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, a young rabbi, displayed remarkable vision and innovation in his educational manifesto outlined in a short article in a Boston newspaper shortly after his arrival in the United States in the 1930s.
Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik embarked on a mission to revitalize Jewish education in Boston, particularly through Maimonides School, emphasizing the synthesis of Torah and secular studies.