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October 26, 2018 | Meir Soloveichik
About the author: Meir Soloveichik is the rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel and the director of the Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought at Yeshiva University. His website, containing all of his media appearances, podcasts, and writing, can be found at meirsoloveichik.com.

Today, one can find religiously devout Jews, and certainly Jews who are ritually observant. Likewise, one can hear much talk of spirituality. But, explains Meir Soloveichik, none of this is tantamount to the feelings of awe and dependence on God that, even a century ago, were commonplace among Jews and non-Jews alike. Soloveichik, in conversation with Jonathan Silver, maintains that such emotions, although rare in the modern world, can nonetheless still be experienced. (Video, 9 minutes.)

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