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February 22, 2022
A Great American Sage Discusses a Great Israeli One
Rabbi A.Y. Kook and the difference between a philosopher and a religious personality.
Much as Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik was the central figure of Modern Orthodoxy in America, Abraham Isaac ha-Kohen Kook was the central figure of the parallel movement, religious Zionism, in Israel. In this excerpt from a 1960 talk, the former discusses the latter’s legacy while reminiscing about a visit to a kibbutz. (Video, six minutes.)
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A Great American Sage Discusses a Great Israeli One
Rabbi A.Y. Kook and the difference between a philosopher and a religious personality.