Ha-Tov v’ha-Meitiv: Contemporary Scholarship in Jewish Studies : : Essays in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of Touro University / / ed. by Eric M. Levine, Yosef Dov Robinson, Simcha Fishbane.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Complete eBook-Package 2024
• MitwirkendeR: Bleich, Judith,; Boylan, Stanley L.,; Brewing, Daniel,; Engelberg, Sydney,; Fishbane, Simcha,; Gottlieb Lockshin, Lauren,; Herbst, Ayelet Eva,; Kadish, Alan,; Kaplan, Zvi Jonathan,; Lehnstaedt, Stephan,; Levine, Eric M.,; Loike, John D.,; Peters, Florian,; Shmidman, Michael A.,; Trębacz, Michał,; Verbit, Mervin F.,; Wóycicka, Zofia,
• HerausgeberIn: Fishbane, Simcha,; Levine, Eric M.,; Robinson, Yosef Dov,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2024]; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (276 p.)

This book presents a group of distinguished scholars who examine key themes in Jewish religious life. Their essays revolve around the dimensions of rabbinic, intellectual, cultural, communal, educational, political, and social leadership, as well as a reflective look at one of the most tragic events in Jewish experience, towards the hope of repairing the world and not repeating such evil. The scholarship reproduced in this volume captures the essence of Touro University: remembering the past, perpetuating the rich historic Jewish tradition of tolerance and dignity, and managing the delicate ballet of serving humanity and the Jewish community at the same time. These papers are expressive of the Jewish commitment to intellectual inquiry, the transmission of knowledge, and the pursuit of social justice.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Editors’ Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1: Holocaust Studies -- The Holocaust of the Polish Jews: Political History, Contested Memory -- “I was a Jew, I was a Pole, I was a Ukrainian Woman…”: The Genealogy of Passing on the Lwów-Dnipropetróvsk Rescue Trail -- Szmul Zygielbojm and Polish London: A History of Disillusionment -- Rural Areas, Polish Partisans, Nazi Violence -- “Thank You So Much for Bringing Us Closer to the Story of Poles Rescuing Jews”: Reception of Polish “Righteous” Museums in the Light of Visitor Book Entries— Eagle Pharmacy, Żabiński Villa, Ulma Museum -- “We Listened with Bated Breath”: Polish-Jewish Relations during the Holocaust in Poland’s Independent Culture of Memory of the 1980s -- Part 2: Jewish Leadership -- Toward a Typology of Leadership -- Print Power: Rabbinical Authority Established through the Printed Word -- Revisiting the Portuguese Jewish Response to the Influx of Refugees from the Spanish Expulsion -- Ish u-Pekudato: The Mission-Driven Leadership of Dr. Bernard Lander -- Stealing the Opponent’s Thunder: Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch and Reform -- Silent or Outspoken? Jewish Leadership and the Dreyfus Affair -- The Methodologies of Rabbi Moshe Tendler as a Posek -- Six Days Shall You Labor: Jewish Perspectives on Finding Meaning in Work -- Index