Foundations of a Faith

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Judaism: the pattern of a faith--God, man, Torah, Israel. A revealed law. Judaism and the democratic ideal. Some of Judaism's eternally relevant contributions to civilization. The multiplication of the mitzvot. Symbols and symoblism. One people. The concept of k'lal Yisrael. The role of higher Jewish learning; an evalutaion of the JTSA. Building spiritual bridges. Auto-emancipation and Zionish. Towards a jewish version of American civilization.

Adheres to the traditional faith of Israel, but with mastery of modern thought is able to translate that faith in terms intelligible to modern man and conforming to all accepted knowledge. He avoids any effort to hedge and is never undertain of himself. His doctrine of God is clearly rooted in his lifelong study of Maimonides. In his concept of Torah, he m ecomes the mystic as well as the philosopher. He declines to take sides in the age-old controversy as to whether all commandments may be logically explained...