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Contextualizing and appraising a new documentary book on the Rebbe's early years
By Tali Loewenthal
This webcast begins: Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 6pm ET
About this webcast:
The perceived conflict between legitimate Torah knowledge and secular knowledge and culture has often figured as a point of controversy around the publication of biographies of rabbinic figures. Following the work of historian Prof. Immanuel Etkes, Dr. Naftali Loewenthal argues that this black and white perception was not shared by rabbis in the pre-enlightenment era. Within this context he appraises recent biographical works on the Rebbe, culminating with "Early Years: The formative years of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, as told by documents and archival data, 1902-1929" by Boruch Oberlander and Elkanah Shmotkin.
About this series:Noted scholars and experts in their fields share their knowledge at the Oxford University Chabad Society.
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