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An American Orthodox Dreamer: Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and Boston's Maimonides School »

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Authors: Seth Farber
ISBN-13: 9781584653387, ISBN-10: 1584653388
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
Date Published: December 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Seth Farber

SETH FARBER received his rabbinical ordination from Yeshiva University and his Ph.D. from The Hebrew University. He is the founder of Ma'ayan and ITIM: The Jewish-Life Information Center. He has taught at the graduate schools of Touro College and the Overseas School at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He lives in Raanana , Israel, with his wife, Michelle, and their three children.

Book Synopsis

The first full-scale historical treatment of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the leading figure in twentieth-century American Jewish Orthodoxy.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction1
1Jewish Education in Boston before 193010
2Rabbi Soloveitchik's Initial Involvement in Jewish Education in Boston, 1930-194128
3The Emergence of the Maimonides School, 1937-194546
4Coeducation and Women Studying Talmud at the Maimonides School68
5The Development of Other Orthodox Schools in New England, 1945-195388
6The Evolution of the Maimonides School, 1950-1961106
7From the Maimonides School to the Maimonides Community135
Epilogue149
AppThe Maimonides School Song155
Notes157
Bibliography181
Index195

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