Joseph B. Soloveitchik

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Joseph B. Soloveitchik was a leading 20th-century Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist, and philosopher whose writings profoundly shaped modern Jewish thought and religious Zionism.

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instanceOf Jewish philosopher
Orthodox rabbi
Talmudist
human
rabbi
religious Zionist thinker
alsoKnownAs Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik NERFINISHED
The Rav NERFINISHED
birthDate 1903-02-27
birthPlace Pruzhany NERFINISHED
Russian Empire
burialPlace Har HaMenuchot NERFINISHED
citizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
countryOfDeath United States NERFINISHED
deathDate 1993-04-09
deathPlace Boston NERFINISHED
Massachusetts NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
degree PhD in philosophy
doctoralAdvisor Walter Schubart NERFINISHED
doctoralThesis Das reine Denken und die Seinskonstituierung bei Hermann Cohen NERFINISHED
educatedAt Friedrich Wilhelm University NERFINISHED
Humboldt University of Berlin
surface form: University of Berlin

University of Berlin Faculty of Philosophy NERFINISHED
employer Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary NERFINISHED
Yeshiva University NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Jewish
father Moshe Soloveichik NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Jewish law
Jewish philosophy
Religious Zionism
Talmud NERFINISHED
fullName Joseph Ber Soloveitchik NERFINISHED
grandfather Chaim Soloveitchik NERFINISHED
influenced American Jewish thought NERFINISHED
Modern Orthodox Judaism in North America NERFINISHED
Religious Zionist ideology
languageOfWorkOrName English
Hebrew
Yiddish
memberOf Soloveitchik rabbinic dynasty NERFINISHED
movement Modern Orthodox Judaism NERFINISHED
Religious Zionism NERFINISHED
name Joseph B. Soloveitchik NERFINISHED
notableIdea concept of Halakhic Man
dual covenantal community (brit goral and brit yeud)
synthesis of Halakhah and existential philosophy
notableWork Halakhic Man NERFINISHED
Halakhic Mind NERFINISHED
Kol Dodi Dofek NERFINISHED
The Lonely Man of Faith NERFINISHED
U-Vikkashtem mi-Sham NERFINISHED
positionHeld Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University NERFINISHED
Rosh Yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary NERFINISHED
rabbinicOrdinationFrom Brisker tradition
Radin Yeshiva tradition
religion Judaism
residence Boston NERFINISHED
New York City
spouse Tonya Lewit NERFINISHED

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