Category Archives: Marc B. Shapiro

K Stands For Kosher

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Luke Ford

In his fourth lecture on R. Chaim Ozer Grodzinksi for Torah in Motion, history professor Marc B. Shapiro says: Now Kellogs has a K, under the Vaad of Boston. “Often you will have people tell you that when you find … Continue reading →

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American Orthodoxy Has No Public Intellectuals

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Luke Ford

In his fourth lecture on R. Chaim Ozer Grodzinksi for Torah in Motion, history professor Marc B. Shapiro says: Jonathan Sacks is in England. American Orthodox Judaism has no public intellectuals. After Michael Wyschogrod, Meir Soloveitchik may be the most … Continue reading →

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Why Don’t Rabbis Condemn Their Own Jewish Terrorists?

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Luke Ford

In his second lecture on R. Chaim Ozer Grodzinksi for Torah in Motion, history professor Marc B. Shapiro says: The Haredi community in Jerusalem did terrible things to Rav Kook. The Agudah leadership, including R. Chaim Ozer Grodzinksi were horrified … Continue reading →

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The New Type Of Rabbi

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Luke Ford

In his second lecture on R. Chaim Ozer Grodzinksi for Torah in Motion, history professor Marc B. Shapiro says: Rabbi Yitzkak Rubenstein serves as the spiritual rav of Vilna. He served as spiritual rav in Chaim Ozer’s place for four … Continue reading →

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The Exciting Life Of Rav Chaim Tchernowitz aka Rav Za’ir

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Luke Ford

Bio: “TCHERNOWITZ, CHAIM (pseudonym Rav Za’ir; 1871–1949), talmudic scholar and Hebrew author. Tchernowitz, born in Sebesh (district of Vitebsk), Russia, studied in Lithuania and obtained semikhah from Isaac Elchanan *Spektor of Kovno in 1896. Moving to Odessa the following year, … Continue reading →

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