Rabbi Hayyim Hirschensohn: The Rabbi of Hoboken
Rabbi Hirschensohn came to the United States in 1903 and served as the rabbi of Hoboken for over thirty years. His volumes of responsa reflect an attempt to integrate his experience in America with his commitment to halakha and to the creation of a State of Israel in Palestine. While his approach was controversial in some rabbinic circles during his lifetime, one wonders whether he would have been accepted as an Orthodox rabbi today.
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Posted January 24, 2007
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