Orthodox Response to Modernity

by Berel Wein

Here Rabbi Berel Wein discusses four different approaches to the great challenges of the modern world - challenges that exist in the Jewish world today. Beginning with the Protestant Reformation, this "modernity" presented a different way of viewing human beings. Hear the views of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch, Rabbi Yisroel Salanter, Rabbi Avraham Kook, and Rabbi Azriel Hildesheimer on the effects of modernity on traditional Judaism.

Genres: Jewish

Audio CD

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Berel Wein is an American-born Orthodox rabbi, scholar, lecturer, and writer. He is regarded as an expert on Jewish history and has popularized the subject through more than 1,000 audio tapes, a four-volume book series, newspaper articles and international lectures.

Reviews

[Kressel Housman · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fascinating series very relevant for all Orthodox Jews who struggle with balancing our Torah lifestyles with the secular society we must interact with. Above all, this series explained Rav Kook's views to me better than anything I've ever heard, and the story of the friendship between Rav Yisroel Salanter (founder of the mussar movement) and Rav Samson Rafoel Hirsch is absolutely fascinating.