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Marc B. Shapiro
On Re-Reading a Banned Book: Nathan Kamenetsky’s Making of a Godol
Rabbi Nathan Kamenetsky spent years on an odd, brilliant biography of his father. The book was banned, and one leading haredi rosh yeshiva said he had forfeited his share in the world to come. Now it is an underground classic that costs $2,503 on Amazon.
The Rogochover Speaks His Mind
After he visited the odd talmudic genius, Bialik said that “two Einsteins can be carved out of one Rogochover.”
Berdyczewski, Blasphemy, and Belief
Rabbi Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg, one of the towering figures of the rabbinical establishment, found deep lessons about faith in the writings of the Nietzschean heretic Micha Josef Berdyczewski.
That in Aleppo Once
Does the most accurate biblical text belong in the synagogue, or in a museum?