Joseph B. Soloveitchik
The priestly benediction.
“You should” will never be as compelling as “you must.”
The noted scholar joins our podcast to analyze an important speech Soloveitchik gave on the eve of the Suez Crisis, deriving meaning for the circumstance from the Bible’s Song of Songs.
Law, Zionism, and imitation of God.
The Fox and the Lamm.
A country that expresses reverence for those who come before will seek its own perpetuation.
Isaac unbound.
To be morally responsible, we must commit to the good in advance of grasping its requirements in full.
“A time of greatness.”
Sermons in solitude.
A tale of two Josephs.
When “To thine own self be true” is bad advice.
A misspelled signature and an uncharacteristic rebuke.
One Soloveitchik warned about the dangers of Jewish-Christian dialogue. Another, his forebear, tried to intensify such dialogue, or so a third member of the family now argues. Is he right?
