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Rabbi Leo Baeck: Living a Religious Imperative in Troubled Times (Jewish Culture and Contexts) by Meyer, Michael A. is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is Rabbi Leo Baeck: Living a Religious Imperative in Troubled Times (Jewish Culture and Contexts) about?
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. Thi
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Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Meyer, Michael A.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780812252569
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Memoir, History, Biography
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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