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Tag: Rabbi Louis Jacobs

0 History Music

How the Beatles got by with some help from their little-known Jewish friends

Mordechai Beck in Jewish Chronicle · 22 Feb

The Beatles' success was not only influenced by their talent but also by the support of Jewish figures in their lives and careers.

0 Jewish Law Education

The grinning cat, the spiritual tinkerer and the legacy of Rabbi Louis Jacobs

Simon Rocker in Jewish Chronicle · 11 Feb

Dr. Miri Freud-Kandel's new book delves into the life and legacy of Rabbi Louis Jacobs, a prominent UK Jewish scholar who challenged Orthodox doctrine by asserting that the Torah was not directly dictated by God.

0 Jewish Law Communities

Rabbi Louis Jacobs: a model for today’s spiritual seekers

Jewish Chronicle · 23 Nov 2023

Rabbi Louis Jacobs is portrayed as a model for spiritual seekers today amidst a world feeling increasingly fraught.

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The British Chief Rabbi that never was

RSchaechter in Forward · 9 Aug 2023

Rabbi Louis Jacobs, considered by some as the greatest British Jew, was in line to become the Chief Rabbi of the British Commonwealth in the 1960s.

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Rabbi Sacks: From Anglo-Jewry to Chief Rabbi of the World

Benjamin Elton in Lehrhaus · 11 Jan 2021

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, the former Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, was a highly influential figure in Anglo-Jewry and the global Jewish community.

0 Torah Jewish Law

The Utility of Ambiguity

Dina Brawer in Lehrhaus · 29 May 2017

Rabbi Louis Jacobs explores the theme of unresolved debates in the Talmud, symbolized by the term "teyku," highlighting the role of doubt in Torah study.