![]() ![]() He was asked by Rabbi Hayim Tchernowitz to head the Religious Zionist Yeshiva in Odessa which he declined. Rabbi Tameres studied in Volozhin Yeshiva four years after Rav Kook and was one of the greats who studied at the Kovno Kollel. One of the important figures in these debates was Rabbi Aaron Samuel Tamares (1869-1931), a near contemporary of the better known Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook. Much of this Rabbinic debate is not well known. The Orthodox rabbinical world was alive in discussing socialism, civil rights, anarchism, Zionism, spiritualism, nationalism, and militarism. In this time period, we find fierce debates in the Yiddish (as well as Russian and Hebrew) journals. The overthrowing of the Tzar, the Russian revolution, WWI, pogroms, poverty, and plagues left a Jewry bereft of the old but without a replacement to a new modern form of life. The early decades of the twentieth century were a time of great upheaval in the life of Eastern European Jewry. We need your support to bring the kind of analyses and information Tikkun provides.Ĭlick here to make a tax-deductible contribution. A copy of the original article is also included below. The interview first appeared on Alan Brill's blog "Book of Beliefs and Opinions" with a direct link to the original article. The author of the introductory essay below and the interviewer is Prof Alan Brill, Cooperman/Ross Endowed Professor in honor of Sister Rose Thering at Seton Hall University, NJ. ![]() Please read the whole book, which will soon be available. [Rabbi Lerner’s note: Hurray for the wisdom of Rabbi Tamares, whose work has now been translated to English by another heroic iconoclast: Rabbi Everett Gendler. ![]()
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