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Category Archives: R. Meir Soloveichik
The Meir Soloveichik Show
Meir Soloveichik (b. 1977) speaks the way he writes, and he writes the way a man talks who has read everything and kept all of it. The first thing you notice is erudition worn light. He moves from a page … Continue reading
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Meir Soloveitchik Could be a Real Thinker
David N. Myers and Pini Dunner, “A Haredi Attack on Rabbi Joseph Ber Soloveitchik: A Battle over the Brisker Legacy.” Jewish Quarterly Review 105, no. 1 (2015) This is Myers co-authoring with Pini Dunner, who is a complicated figure inside … Continue reading
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Platform, Pulpit, Archive: Three Models of MO Rabbinic Self-Presentation in Los Angeles
While surfing Rabbi Pini Dunner’s website, I learned: Mavericks, Mystics and False Messiahs NOW AVAILABLE! “A thoroughly engaging introduction to some of the most colorful episodes in Jewish history. A wonderfully enjoyable read.” – Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks “Rabbi Pini … Continue reading
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Decoding Rabbi Meir Soloveichik
Per Alliance Theory: Rabbi Meir Soloveichik does not operate primarily inside the yeshiva power structure. He operates at the intersection of Orthodoxy, American conservatism, and elite policy culture. That changes the game. He is not trying to reform halachic authority … Continue reading
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Celebrity Rabbi, Asked to Pray for GOP, Picks Mourner’s Prayer
Should not the Jennifer Rubins of the pundit world be replaced by right-wing pundits of the variety that the voters actually support? Or should WAPO continue to pretend to have right-wing commentators when they only have jesters? What will that … Continue reading
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