SRS 1112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Modern Orthodox Judaism, Samson Raphael Hirsch, Emil Fackenheim
31 Jul 2018
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10/11/17 (8) negotiating tradition: anti-semitism, modernism, and zionism. Recap: the destruction of the second temple in 70ce had a lasting impact on judaism. Teachers of the law ( rabbis") gradually became more influential within judaism, as the temple and its priests no longer operated. Rabbinic judaism re-interpreted oral and written torah so that it could apply to daily life at home and at work. Jews are forbidden to hand hitler posthumous victories. They are commanded to survive as jews, lest the jewish people perish. They are commanded to remember the victims of auschwitz lest their memory perish. They are forbidden to despair of man and his world, and to escape into cynicism or otherworldliness, lest they cooperate in delivering the world over to the forces of auschwitz. Finally, they are forbidden to despair of the god of israel, lest judaism perish. " emil. 10/11/17: but what if, as a jew, one no longer felt that the book of laws" and.
