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URL:https://www.columbiajewish.org/events/what-is-judaism-the-dispute-betw
 een-martin-buber-and-franz-rosenzweig/
SUMMARY:What is Judaism? – The Dispute between Martin Buber and Franz Ros
 enzweig
DESCRIPTION:This event is postponed as Dr. Rechnitzer needed to return to I
 srael for a family emergency. The event will be re-scheduled when he retur
 ns.\n&nbsp\;\n\nRabbi Dr. Haim Rechnitzer\, Hebrew Union College\n\n&nbsp\
 ;In 1923 Rosenzweig wrote an open letter to Martin Buber titled “Die Bau
 leute” (The Builders)\, a letter that later became a central part of Ros
 enzweig’s Jewish theological legacy. In “The Builders – Concerning t
 he Jewish Law” Rosenzweig accuses Buber that despite liberating “us”
  from the shackles of 19th century academic objective engagement with “J
 udaism” and opening our minds and hearts to seek the “inner power” o
 f the Jewish tradition\, he failed to answer the crucial existential quest
 ion “what are we to do?” That is\, Buber’s answer left the question 
 of Jewish praxis\, of Halakhah\, outside of the realm of possible answers.
  Buber\, of course\, did not leave the question of action in this world un
 answered. He provided a non-halakhic answer\, arguing that the “truth”
  of Judaism lies in its religiosity\, not its manifestation as a religion\
 , or as Law. Our session will be dedicated to the exploration of these two
  opposing concepts of “Judaism” and in fact\, of the ever-present exis
 tential question of ““what are we (Jews) to do?”\n\nRabbi Dr. Haim O
 . Rechnitzer is a Professor of Jewish Thought at HUC-JIR in Cincinnati\, O
 hio\, and a poet. He earned his doctorate from the Department of Jewish Th
 ought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem\, and his rabbinical ordinatio
 n from HUC-JIR (Jerusalem) in 2003. Rechnitzer’s research is dedicated t
 o themes of political theology\, theological trends in Hebrew poetry\, Isr
 aeli theology\, and Jewish education. His recent books are Prophecy and th
 e Perfect Political Order: The Political Theology of Leo Strauss (Jerusale
 m: The Bialik Institute 2012)\, Songs of the Third Exile (Jerusalem: Carme
 l Publishing House\, 2014)\, Shibolet (Vortex) (Jerusalem: Carmel Publishi
 ng House\, 2014)\, and Pictures / Reproductions (Jerusalem: Carme &amp\;am
 p\; Yediot Aharonot\, 2022). His forthcoming book is Ars-Prophetica: Theol
 ogy in the Poetry of\n\nTwentieth-Century Israeli Poets Avraham Ḥalfi\, 
 Shin Shalom\, Amir Gilboa\, and T. Carmi(Cincinnati\, HUC Press\, 2023). H
 e has published articles on the subject of political theology\, philosophy
  of education\, theology of Piyyut (religious hymns)\, and Hebrew poetry. 
 Prior to joining the faculty of the College-Institute\, Rabbi Dr. Rechnitz
 er taught in Israel and was on the faculty of the Franklin and Marshall Co
 llege\, Department of Religious Studies.\n\nPlease click here to register 
 online.&nbsp\;Zoom information will be shared a few days before program.\n
 \n&nbsp\;\n\n
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