Rabbi Leo Baeck: Living a Religious Imperative in Troubled Times

Michael A. Meyer

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2021

Rabbi Leo Baeck

Living a Religious Imperative in Troubled Times

Michael A. Meyer

In the series Jewish Culture and Contexts

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812299519

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About this book

Drawing upon a variety of sources, especially his subject's own writings, Michael A. Meyer presents a biography of one of the most significant Jewish religious thinkers of the twentieth century. Rabbi Leo Baeck gives equal consideration to Baeck as an intellectual and as a courageous leader of his community under the shadow of Nazism.

Author / Editor information

Michael A. Meyer is the Adolph S. Ochs Professor of Jewish History Emeritus, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati. Meyer is the author of more than 200 articles and reviews as well as numerous books, including Response to Modernity: A History of the Reform Movement in Judaism.

Reviews

"A stirring biography written with equanimity and pathos. Michael A. Meyer is an authority on the history and theology of Reform Judaism in Germany and America, a master of the modern history of German Jewry, and a scholar fully conversant with the annihilation of that Jewry by the Nazis. That expertise has enabled him to construct a rich and elegant narrative."—Ismar Schorsch, Jewish Theological Seminary

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Chapter 1. An Unconventional Student and Rabbi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2. Restoring the Dignity of Judaism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Chapter 3. Rabbi in the World War Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Chapter 4. A Thinker Engaged Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
Chapter 5. The Burden of Leadership Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
Chapter 6. Enmeshed Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
Chapter 7 Theresienstadt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
Chapter 8. Reality After Catastrophe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Epilogue. The Icon and the Person Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 288
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 13
- Other: 13
Keywords: Religion; Religious Studies; Jewish Studies

eBook

Published: November 20, 2020
ISBN: 9780812299519