RT Book
T1 A Kabbalist in Montreal: The Life and Times of Rabbi Yudel Rosenberg
A1 Robinson, Ira 1951-
LA English
PP Boston, MA
PB Academic Studies Press
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1750387344
AB Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: Rabbi Yudel Rosenberg and the Paradigms of Jewish Modernity -- 2. On a Spiderweb Foundation: Yudel Rosenberg’s Life in Small-Town Poland (1859–1889) -- 3. A Rabbi and Rebbe in Urban Poland (1890–1913) -- 4. “Allright! It’s America!”: A Rabbi in Toronto (1913–1918) -- 5. “The Rabbis Are for the Dollar”: Rabbi Yudel Rosenberg and the Kosher Meat Wars of Montreal (1919–1935) -- 6. “Better to Be in Gehinnom”: Yudel Rosenberg’s Halakhic Voice -- 7. A “Folk Author”: Yudel Rosenberg as Storyteller -- 8. “Almost Alone”: Yudel Rosenberg as Preacher -- 9. Magic, Science, and Healing -- 10. “Those Who Understand Kabbala Are Extremely Rare in Our Generation”: Yudel Rosenberg as Kabbalist -- 11. What Is Rabbi Yudel Rosenberg’s Legacy? -- A Chronological Bibliography of the Writings of Rabbi Yehuda Yudel Rosenberg -- General Bibliography -- Index
AB This book illuminates important issues faced by Orthodox Judaism in the modern era by relating the life and times of Rabbi Yudel Rosenberg (1859–1935). In presenting Yudel Rosenberg’s rabbinic activities, this book aims to show that Jewish Orthodoxy could serve as an agent of modernity no less than its opponents. Yudel Rosenberg’s considerable literary output will demonstrate that the line between “secular” and “traditional” literature was not always sharp and distinct. Rabbi Rosenberg’s kabbalistic works will shed light on the revival of kabbala study in the twentieth century. Yudel Rosenberg’s career in Canada will serve as a counter-example to the often-expressed idea that Hasidism exercised no significant influence on the development of American Judaism at the turn of the twentieth century
OP 314
CN BM755.R646
SN 9781644695043
K1 Rabbis : Canada : Biography
K1 Rabbis : Poland : Tarłów Region : Biography
K1 Orthodox Judaism : History : 20th century
K1 Cabala : Study and teaching : History : 20th century
K1 Hasidism : Canada : History : 20th century
K1 RELIGION / Judaism / Kabbalah & Mysticism
K1 History / Jewish
K1 Canada
K1 Hasidism
K1 Kabbala
K1 Modern Jewish History
K1 North America
K1 Orthodox Judaism
K1 Poland
K1 Yiddish
K1 biography
K1 community
K1 culture
K1 folk medicine
K1 law
K1 legends
K1 literature
K1 mishnah
K1 modernity
K1 mysticism
K1 rabbinics
K1 religion
K1 talmud
K1 twentieth century
DO 10.1515/9781644695043