Joseph B. Soloveitchik
A Jewish philosopher stops by to talk about how Jews—and one major non-Jew—have thought about repentance.
The noted scholar joins our podcast to analyze an important speech Soloveitchik gave on the eve of the Suez Crisis, deriving meaning for the circumstance from the Bible’s Song of Songs.
To be morally responsible, we must commit to the good in advance of grasping its requirements in full.
“A time of greatness.”
Sermons in solitude.
A tale of two Josephs.
When “To thine own self be true” is bad advice.
A misspelled signature and an uncharacteristic rebuke.
One Soloveitchik warned about the dangers of Jewish-Christian dialogue. Another, his forebear, tried to intensify such dialogue, or so a third member of the family now argues. Is he right?
Kaddish amidst the bones of Brisk.
How Joseph B. Soloveitchik foresaw the loneliness epidemic.
“The voice of my beloved knocks.”
He understood his adopted country’s potential, and its vulnerabilities.
And how much does its ideology matter?