Joseph B. Soloveitchik

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Joseph B. Soloveitchik was a leading 20th-century Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist, and philosopher whose writings profoundly shaped modern Jewish thought and religious Zionism.

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instanceOf Jewish philosopher ⓘ
Orthodox rabbi ⓘ
Talmudist ⓘ
human ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
religious Zionist thinker ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik ⓘ
The Rav ⓘ
birthDate 1903-02-27 ⓘ
birthPlace Pruzhany ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
burialPlace Har HaMenuchot ⓘ
citizenship United States ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States ⓘ
deathDate 1993-04-09 ⓘ
deathPlace Boston ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
United States ⓘ
degree PhD in philosophy ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Walter Schubart ⓘ
doctoralThesis Das reine Denken und die Seinskonstituierung bei Hermann Cohen ⓘ
educatedAt Friedrich Wilhelm University ⓘ
University of Berlin ⓘ
University of Berlin Faculty of Philosophy ⓘ
employer Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary ⓘ
Yeshiva University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish ⓘ
father Moshe Soloveichik ⓘ
fieldOfWork Jewish law ⓘ
Jewish philosophy ⓘ
Religious Zionism ⓘ
Talmud ⓘ
fullName Joseph Ber Soloveitchik ⓘ
grandfather Chaim Soloveitchik ⓘ
influenced American Jewish thought ⓘ
linked to: Jewish thought

Modern Orthodox Judaism in North America ⓘ
Religious Zionist ideology ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
memberOf Soloveitchik rabbinic dynasty ⓘ
movement Modern Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Religious Zionism ⓘ
name Joseph B. Soloveitchik ⓘ
notableIdea concept of Halakhic Man ⓘ
dual covenantal community (brit goral and brit yeud) ⓘ
synthesis of Halakhah and existential philosophy ⓘ
notableWork Halakhic Man ⓘ
Halakhic Mind ⓘ
linked to: Halakhic Man

Kol Dodi Dofek ⓘ
The Lonely Man of Faith ⓘ
U-Vikkashtem mi-Sham ⓘ
positionHeld Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University ⓘ
Rosh Yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary ⓘ
rabbinicOrdinationFrom Brisker tradition ⓘ
Radin Yeshiva tradition ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Boston ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
spouse Tonya Lewit ⓘ

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