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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807494803321

Titolo

Leo Baeck : philosophical and rabbinical approaches / / Walter Homolka (ed.) ; with an introduction by Thomas Rachel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, : Frank & Timme, c2007

ISBN

3-86596-974-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (130 p.)

Collana

Aus Religion und Recht ; ; Bd. 9

Altri autori (Persone)

HomolkaWalter

Disciplina

296.8/341092

Soggetti

Rabbis - Germany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers from the annual conference of the Abraham Geiger College.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Liturgy Composed on the Brink of Catastrophe � Examination of “Akdamut Millin� by R. Meir from Worms (late 11th century) and R. Leo Baeck�s Hirtenbrief for Kol Nidre Service (1935)""""Particularism, the Other and the Question of the Burial of Non-Jewish Spouses in a Jewish Cemetery""; ""Contemporary Challenges to Liberal Jewish Education""; ""Contributors""; ""Appendix""; ""Translation""

Sommario/riassunto

Long description: Leo Baeck (1873–1956) can be considered to be one of the most important proponents of German Jewry. Over the course of his life, he strove constantly to combine tradition and modernity within Judaism. Baeck educated young rabbis at Berlin’s “Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums” (College for the Science of Judaism) and sought dialogue between Christianity, Islam, and other religions. Indebted to Baeck’s legacy the Abraham Geiger College dedicated its annual study conference in 2006 to this brilliant Jewish thinker – to mark the fiftieth anniversary of his death on November 2, 1956. This volume celebrates the wide spectrum of Leo Baeck’s heritage.

Biographical note: Rabbi Prof. Dr. Walter Homolka is Principal of the Abraham Geiger College at the University of Potsdam, Chairman of the Leo Baeck Foundation and a Member of the Executive Board of the World Union for Progressive Judaism.