R. Isaac Arama, R. Kook, Mordecai Kaplan, and more
R. Isaac Arama, R. Kook, Mordecai Kaplan, and more by Marc B. Shapiro 1. In the last post I discussed R. Isaac Arama. In his Conversos, Inquisition and the Expulsion of the Jews…
The Enigma of Abraham Rosenberg, R. Yitzchak Scheiner, Mordecai Kaplan, and Prof. Marvin Fox
…a good place to add another point about him. Kaplan’s father, R. Israel, was close to R. Isaac Jacob Reines. (Mordecai Kaplan was actually born in Svencionys, where R. Reines…
Tracing the “Footsteps of the Messiah”: From Li-Nevukhei ha-Dor to Maamrei ha-Rayah
…example, https://seforimblog.com/2010/10/marc-b-shapiro-new-writings-from-r-kook/, https://seforimblog.com/2011/02/new-writings-from-r-kook-and-assorted-3/, https://seforimblog.com/2011/02/new-writings-from-r-kook-and-assorted_22/, https://seforimblog.com/2011/04/new-writings-from-r-kook-and-assorted-2/, https://seforimblog.com/2011/08/new-writings-from-r-kook-and-assorted/. [4] Available for purchase at https://kodeshpress.com/product/rav-kooks-guide-for-todays-perplexed/. [5] Some knew of its general existence, and its purpose, but it is not clear to what extent…
An Unpublished 1966 Memorandum from Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan Answers Questions on Jewish Theology
…of Commentary,” Tablet Magazine (18 October 2017), available here. [2] A complete biographical portrait of Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan remains a scholarly desideratum. For appreciations of his writings, see “Rabbi Aryeh…
Rav Kook’s Attitude towards Keren Hayesod – United Israel Appeal
…that, based on the letter that Rav Kook sent to his son, Rav Z. Y. Kook, about a week later (ibid.), the reason for the omission was Rav Kook’s concern…
Interview with Professor Lawrence Kaplan
…Isaac Hutner’s ‘Daat Torah Perspective’ on the Holocaust: A Critical Perspective,” Tradition 18, no. 3 (Fall 1980): 235-248[6] Kaplan, “Daat Torah: A Modern View of Rabbinic Authority,” in Zev Safrai…
