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Category Archives: R. Yosef Shalom Elyashiv
From Margin to Center: How the Lithuanian Haredi Stance Captured Power in Israel, 1967–1980
In June 1967, the central Haredi public, the world of Agudat Yisrael, met the war with euphoria. HaModia compared the IDF’s advance to the Exodus. Daglenu (דגלנו, “Our Banner” was the journal of Tze’irei Agudat Yisrael, the youth movement of … Continue reading
Posted in Agudath Israel, Haredi, Israel, R. Ahron Kotler, R. Elazar Shach, R. Ovadia Yosef, R. Yosef Shalom Elyashiv
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‘The New Haredism: Revolution in the Seventies’
I first heard about this Israeli historian of Haredi Judaism, Yair Halevy, from Marc Shapiro’s lecture series on the Langer Affair. Halevy’s dissertation is titled מהפכת החרדיות החדשה בשנות השבעים, “The New Haredism: Revolution in the Seventies.” He submitted it … Continue reading
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Decoding Rabbi Yosef Shalom Eliashiv
Through Alliance Theory, Rabbi Yosef Shalom Eliashiv was not just a posek. He was the final court of appeal for a fragmented Haredi coalition. He did not build a movement the way Aharon Kotler did. He inherited a dense, competitive … Continue reading
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Yosef Shalom Elyashiv – The Greatest Sage Has No Relationship With His Children
In his third lecture for Torah in Motion on the R. Eliezer Berkovitz, professor Marc B. Shapiro says in 2010: “One of you wants to know if I have read the new biography of Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv. “This is … Continue reading
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