Robinson A Kabbalist in Montreal

The Life and Times of Rabbi Yudel Rosenberg
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-64469-505-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 314 Seiten

This biography of Rabbi Yudel Rosenberg highlights Orthodoxy as an agent of Jewish modernity. Examining his literary output nuances the line between Jewish “secular” and “traditional” literature. His kabbalistic works shed light on the revival of kabbala in the twentieth century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Robinson, Ira

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Spiritualität & Mystik (Kabbala, Chassidismus)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of ContentsAbbreviations
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 OIr Generation”: Rabbi 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

Über Autor(innen)

Robinson Ira:
Ira Robinson is Chair in Quebec and Canadian Jewish Studies in the Department of Religions and Cultures at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, where has taught since 1979. He has written, edited, and translated seventeen books, including Cyrus Adler: Selected Letters, which won the Kenneth Smilen Award for Judaica non-fiction; Renewing Our Days: Montreal Jews in the Twentieth Century, which won a Toronto Jewish Book Award; Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbala: An Annotated Translation of His Or Ne'erav; Rabbis and Their Community: Studies in the Eastern European Orthodox Rabbinate in Montreal, 1896-1930, which won a J.I. Segal Prize; A History of Antisemitism in Canada; History, Memory, and Jewish Identity, and, most recently, Les Juifs Hassidiques de Montréal (2019). He is president of the Canadian Society for Jewish Studies, and past president of the Association for Canadian Jewish Studies and the Jewish Public Library of Montreal. He is the 2013 winner of the Louis Rosenberg Canadian Jewish Studies Distinguished Service Award of the Association for Canadian Jewish Studies.Ira Robinson is Chair in Quebec and Canadian Jewish Studies in the Department of Religions and Cultures at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, where has taught since 1979. He has written, edited, and translated seventeen books, including Cyrus Adler: Selected Letters, which won the Kenneth Smilen Award for Judaica non-fiction; Renewing Our Days: Montreal Jews in the Twentieth Century, which won a Toronto Jewish Book Award; Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbala: An Annotated Translation of His Or Ne'erav; Rabbis and Their Community: Studies in the Eastern European Orthodox Rabbinate in Montreal, 1896-1930, which won a J.I. Segal Prize; A History of Antisemitism in Canada; History, Memory, and Jewish Identity, and, most recently, Les Juifs Hassidiques de Montréal (2019). He is president of the Canadian Society for Jewish Studies, and past president of the Association for Canadian Jewish Studies and the Jewish Public Library of Montreal. He is the 2013 winner of the Louis Rosenberg Canadian Jewish Studies Distinguished Service Award of the Association for Canadian Jewish Studies.