Rabbi Leo Baeck
| Titel: | Rabbi Leo Baeck : Living a Religious Imperative in Troubled Times / Michael A. Meyer |
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| Veröffentlicht: | Philadelphia : PENN, University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021] |
| Umfang: | xi, 262 Seiten : Illustrationen ; 23.5 cm x 16 cm |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Schriftenreihe/ mehrbändiges Werk: |
Jewish culture and contexts |
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| ISBN: | 9780812252569 |
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Register: Seite [253]-262
Literaturverzeichnis Seite [217]-248 Table of Contents: Preface - Chapter 1. An Unconventional Student and Rabbi - Chapter 2. Restoring the Dignity of Judaism - Chapter 3. Rabbi in the World War - Chapter 4. A Thinker Engaged - Chapter 5. The Burden of Leadership - Chapter 6. Enmeshed - Chapter 7 Theresienstadt - Chapter 8. Reality After Catastrophe - Epilogue. The Icon and the Person - Notes - Bibliographic Essay - Index - Acknowledgments |
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| Zusammenfassung: |
Rabbi, educator, intellectual, and community leader, Leo Baeck (1873-1956) was one of the most important Jewish figures of prewar Germany. The publication of his 1905 Das Wesen des Judentums (The Essence of Judaism) established him as a major voice for liberal Judaism. He served as a chaplain to the German army during the First World War and in the years following, resisting the call of political Zionism, he expressed his commitment to the belief in a vibrant place for Jews in a new Germany... |
