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A TORAH GIANT: The Intellectual Legacy of Rabbi Dr. Irving (Yitz) Greenberg
Discover the breadth of wisdom
provided by this generation’s giant of Torah:
Rabbi Irving “Yitz" Greenberg. Rabbi Yitz
is one of the most renowned leaders in
contemporary Jewish communal life. His
dedication to foster a more interconnected and
vibrant Judaism has been felt across the
academic and broader world. In this new
work, the legacy of Rabbi Yitz is discussed
at length by those who have been affected by
his inclusive model of contemporary Judaism,
approachable erudition, commitment to
fostering meaningful interfaith dialogue, and
constant striving to make the world a more just
place. These intellectual progenies divulge the
lasting impact Rabbi Yitz has had on their lives and
the lives of people around the globe.
About the Editor:
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz is the President & Dean of
Valley Beit Midrash, the Founder & President of Uri L’Tzedek, the Founder
and CEO of The Shamayim V’Aretz Institute, and the Founder & CEO of
YATOM. As a global social justice educator, Rav Shmuly has volunteered,
taught, and started missions across five continents. He was named one of
"The Most Inspiring Rabbis in America" by The Forward, and as one of the
“Top 50 Rabbis in America” by Newsweek. Shmuly, his wife Shoshana, their
biological children & foster child live in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Rabbi Avi Weiss is founding rabbi of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale – the Bayit, Bronx, New York, and founder of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah and Yeshivat Maharat. He is also co-founder of the International Rabbinic Fellowship (IRF) and PORAT: People for Orthodox Renaissance And Torah.
Joseph Telushkin is a rabbi, scholar, and bestselling author of eighteen books. His book Jewish Literacy is among the best-selling contemporary works on Jewish thought. He lives in New York City.
Table of Contents
Rabbi Avi Weiss is founding rabbi of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale – the Bayit, Bronx, New York, and founder of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah and Yeshivat Maharat. He is also co-founder of the International Rabbinic Fellowship (IRF) and PORAT: People for Orthodox Renaissance And Torah.
Joseph Telushkin is a rabbi, scholar, and bestselling author of eighteen books. His book Jewish Literacy is among the best-selling contemporary works on Jewish thought. He lives in New York City.
Table of Contents
Rabbi Avi Weiss / Foreword 9
Rabbi Joseph Telushkin / Introduction – Yitz Greenberg: An Appreciation 13
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz / Preface 19
Personal Tributes
1. Dr. Erica Brown / Wisdom from the Gentle Giant 25
2. Rabbi Dr. Seth Farber / One Shavuot Night: Rav Yitz’s “Prism of Life” 33
3. Rabbi Daniel Landes / Meeting Yitz Greenberg: A Fifty Year Memoire 37
Building Bridges
4. Rabbi Dr. Dov S. Zakheim / Rabbi Yitz Greenberg, Christian-Jewish Relations, and Halakhah: A Brief Overview 45
5. Rabbi Dr. Eugene Korn / Idolatry and the Covenantal Pluralism of Irving Greenberg 59
6. Rabbi Dr. Alon Goshen-Gottstein / Genius Theologian, Lonely Theologian: Yitz Greenberg on Christianity 71
7. Tanya White / Between Soloveitchik, Greenberg and Meir: The Evolution of Interfaith Thought 93
8. Rosh Kehillah Dina Najman / Uniting a People in Diversity: The Thread of Tolerance in Our Rabbinic Tradition 113
New Intellectual Paradigms
9. Rabbi Asher Lopatin / Rebuilding the Covenant Through Self Obligation: Rabeinu Tam and Saying the Blessing on Hallel on Israel Independence Day 135
10. Rabbi Dr. Ariel Burger / Visions of the Secular and the Impact of Rabbi Yitz Greenberg’s Vision 143
11. Professor Arna Poupko Fisher / Living the Jewish Way: The Lofty Dreams of Rabbi Yitz Greenberg’s Judaism 154
12. Rabbi Dr. Darren Kleinberg / For and Against: A Consideration of David Hartman and Jonathan Sacks in Relation to Irving Greenberg 169
Ethics
13. Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz / The Ethical Implications of a Tzelem Elokim Theology 185
14. Rabbi David Jaffe / Rabbi Yitz Greenberg and a Postmodern Mussar 191
Modern Orthodoxy & Halakhah
15. Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo / Needed: Redemptive Halakhah – How Halakhah Must Transcend Itself 215
16. Rabbi Dr. Joshua Feigelson / Halakhah as an Ethic of Power: Yitz Greenberg and the War in Vietnam 236
17. Dr. Steven Bayme / Four Modern Orthodox Outliers: Yitz Greenberg and His Contemporaries 257
18. Dr. Lawrence Grossman / Rabbi Yitz Greenberg and American Orthodoxy: The Crisis of 1966–67 279
19. Dr. Jennie Rosenfeld / From Prostitution to Marriage and Back Again: An Interpersonal Sexual Ethic from Rabbinic Sources 295
From Rav Yitz
20. Rabbi Dr. Yitz Greenberg / The Journey To Pluralism: A Modern Orthodox Narrative and Plea 311
Contributors 343
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Discover the breadth of wisdom
provided by this generation’s giant of Torah:
Rabbi Irving “Yitz" Greenberg. Rabbi Yitz
is one of the most renowned leaders in
contemporary Jewish communal life. His
dedication to foster a more interconnected and
vibrant Judaism has been felt across the
academic and broader world. In this new
work, the legacy of Rabbi Yitz is discussed
at length by those who have been affected by
his inclusive model of contemporary Judaism,
approachable erudition, commitment to
fostering meaningful interfaith dialogue, and
constant striving to make the world a more just
place. These intellectual progenies divulge the
lasting impact Rabbi Yitz has had on their lives and
the lives of people around the globe.
About the Editor:
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz is the President & Dean of
Valley Beit Midrash, the Founder & President of Uri L’Tzedek, the Founder
and CEO of The Shamayim V’Aretz Institute, and the Founder & CEO of
YATOM. As a global social justice educator, Rav Shmuly has volunteered,
taught, and started missions across five continents. He was named one of
"The Most Inspiring Rabbis in America" by The Forward, and as one of the
“Top 50 Rabbis in America” by Newsweek. Shmuly, his wife Shoshana, their
biological children & foster child live in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Rabbi Avi Weiss is founding rabbi of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale – the Bayit, Bronx, New York, and founder of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah and Yeshivat Maharat. He is also co-founder of the International Rabbinic Fellowship (IRF) and PORAT: People for Orthodox Renaissance And Torah.
Joseph Telushkin is a rabbi, scholar, and bestselling author of eighteen books. His book Jewish Literacy is among the best-selling contemporary works on Jewish thought. He lives in New York City.
Table of Contents
Rabbi Avi Weiss is founding rabbi of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale – the Bayit, Bronx, New York, and founder of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah and Yeshivat Maharat. He is also co-founder of the International Rabbinic Fellowship (IRF) and PORAT: People for Orthodox Renaissance And Torah.
Joseph Telushkin is a rabbi, scholar, and bestselling author of eighteen books. His book Jewish Literacy is among the best-selling contemporary works on Jewish thought. He lives in New York City.
Table of Contents
Rabbi Avi Weiss / Foreword 9
Rabbi Joseph Telushkin / Introduction – Yitz Greenberg: An Appreciation 13
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz / Preface 19
Personal Tributes
1. Dr. Erica Brown / Wisdom from the Gentle Giant 25
2. Rabbi Dr. Seth Farber / One Shavuot Night: Rav Yitz’s “Prism of Life” 33
3. Rabbi Daniel Landes / Meeting Yitz Greenberg: A Fifty Year Memoire 37
Building Bridges
4. Rabbi Dr. Dov S. Zakheim / Rabbi Yitz Greenberg, Christian-Jewish Relations, and Halakhah: A Brief Overview 45
5. Rabbi Dr. Eugene Korn / Idolatry and the Covenantal Pluralism of Irving Greenberg 59
6. Rabbi Dr. Alon Goshen-Gottstein / Genius Theologian, Lonely Theologian: Yitz Greenberg on Christianity 71
7. Tanya White / Between Soloveitchik, Greenberg and Meir: The Evolution of Interfaith Thought 93
8. Rosh Kehillah Dina Najman / Uniting a People in Diversity: The Thread of Tolerance in Our Rabbinic Tradition 113
New Intellectual Paradigms
9. Rabbi Asher Lopatin / Rebuilding the Covenant Through Self Obligation: Rabeinu Tam and Saying the Blessing on Hallel on Israel Independence Day 135
10. Rabbi Dr. Ariel Burger / Visions of the Secular and the Impact of Rabbi Yitz Greenberg’s Vision 143
11. Professor Arna Poupko Fisher / Living the Jewish Way: The Lofty Dreams of Rabbi Yitz Greenberg’s Judaism 154
12. Rabbi Dr. Darren Kleinberg / For and Against: A Consideration of David Hartman and Jonathan Sacks in Relation to Irving Greenberg 169
Ethics
13. Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz / The Ethical Implications of a Tzelem Elokim Theology 185
14. Rabbi David Jaffe / Rabbi Yitz Greenberg and a Postmodern Mussar 191
Modern Orthodoxy & Halakhah
15. Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo / Needed: Redemptive Halakhah – How Halakhah Must Transcend Itself 215
16. Rabbi Dr. Joshua Feigelson / Halakhah as an Ethic of Power: Yitz Greenberg and the War in Vietnam 236
17. Dr. Steven Bayme / Four Modern Orthodox Outliers: Yitz Greenberg and His Contemporaries 257
18. Dr. Lawrence Grossman / Rabbi Yitz Greenberg and American Orthodoxy: The Crisis of 1966–67 279
19. Dr. Jennie Rosenfeld / From Prostitution to Marriage and Back Again: An Interpersonal Sexual Ethic from Rabbinic Sources 295
From Rav Yitz
20. Rabbi Dr. Yitz Greenberg / The Journey To Pluralism: A Modern Orthodox Narrative and Plea 311
Contributors 343
