Background
Lamm, Norman was born on December 19, 1927 in Brooklyn. Son of Samuel and Pearl (Baumol) Lamm.
(Jewish insights tonto marriage and married life. Topics c...)
Jewish insights tonto marriage and married life. Topics covered are Sexuality & Morality, A Spiritual Institution, Staying Married, The Sanctity of Time, The Affirmation of Life, A concluding note, Postscript: A bride's prayer. First published in 1966, and reviesd in 1968.
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(The Shema is the central prayer of the Jewish faith. Jews...)
The Shema is the central prayer of the Jewish faith. Jews utter this single sentence, affirming God's unity as their final words before dying, as well as at the beginning and ending of each day. Using the Shema as his focus, Lamm, prominent Orthodox scholar and long-time president of Yeshiva University, explores the relationship between spirituality and law in Judaism.
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(The centrality of Torah_Jewish learning_in Judaism is bey...)
The centrality of Torah_Jewish learning_in Judaism is beyond doubt, but less clear is the value that can or should be attached to Madda, secular knowledge. Is non-religious learning desirable, essential, optional- or even permitted? Can one's Jewish experience be enriched by exposure to poetry, art, history, and science? And, if the study of Torah is indeed the single most important precept of Judaism, how much room does this leave for the rest of human intellect pursuit? Torah Umadda, a provocative work by the president of Yeshiva University, shows that these concerns are by no means unprecedented. As Dr. Lamm writes, 'The intersections of Torah and Wisdom are not always clear; indeed, they are more often than not elusive and indeterminate. But the encounter between them is fruitful, sometimes fateful_and always fascinating.' Dr. Lamm explores six models of Torah Umadda, providing thorough overviews of such great Jewish thinkers as Moses Maimonides, Samson Raphael Hirsch, and Abraham Isaac Kook. He examines the ideological context of late eighteenth-and early nineteenth-century Jewish religious thought that culminated in the creation of the citadel of Torah Umadda, Yeshiva University. And, borrowing from the work of more contemporary figures, he proposes a number of fresh approaches to the age-old issue. The result is an intriguing, incisive, and remarkably candid vision of a major issue confronting and frequently dividing contemporary Orthodox Jewry. Challenging, illuminating, and, above all, synthesizing, Torah Umadda provides a seminal and widely awaited 'mission statement' by a modern renaissance man on the continuing philosophical-theological validity of one of contemporary Judaism's most fertile fields. Simultaneously scholarly and passionate, Torah Umadda itself shines as a brilliant example of that very school of thought it so eloquently puts forth.
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(Faith and Doubt addresses the question of the encounter o...)
Faith and Doubt addresses the question of the encounter of religious faith with modern life and civilization. Dr. Norman Lamm, former President of Yeshiva University and current Chancellor is identified with modern Orthodox Judaism but his volume is addressed to a wider audience to believing people of all faiths, students of religion, to the searchers and curious and even to the skeptics and scoffers. The themes treated in these pages range from comparative law to metaphysics, and from moral philosophy to natural science, all from the vantage point of what has been called Modern Orthodox Judaism. This third edition updates the above, and also includes a new chapter on Law and Morality in Judaism. About the Author Dr. Norman Lamm is Chancellor of Yeshiva University, the nation s oldest and largest university under Jewish auspices. He served as its President for twenty seven years until 2003. He was founder and first editor of Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought and is the author of ten books, among them Torah Umadda, Torah Lishmah, The Shema, Seventy Faces, The Religious Thought of Hasidism. He is the editor of The Library of Jewish law and Ethics. From the Table Of Contents... CHAPTER I: Faith and Doubt CHAPTER II: The Unity Theme: Monism for Moderns CHAPTER III: Two Versions of Synthesis CHAPTER IV: Man s Position in the Universe CHAPTER V: The Religious Implications of Extraterrestrial Life CHAPTER VI: Ecology in Jewish Law and Theology CHAPTER VII: A Jewish Ethic of Leisure CHAPTER VIII: Scholarship and Piety CHAPTER IX: The Moral Revolution: A Jewish Evaluation CHAPTER X: Self-Incrimination in Law and Psychology: The Fifth Amendment and the Halakhah CHAPTER XI: Privacy in Law and Theology CHAPTER XII: Suffering and Literature
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Valuable insights into marriage and married life. This book presents, in brief form, the psychology and philosophy of the laws of Jewish family purity. A revised and expanded edition.
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(The centrality of Torah—Jewish learning—in Judaism is bey...)
The centrality of Torah—Jewish learning—in Judaism is beyond doubt, but less clear is the value that can or should be attached to Madda, secular knowledge. Is non-religious learning desirable, essential, optional- or even permitted? Can one's Jewish experience be enriched by exposure to poetry, art, history, and science? And, if the study of Torah is indeed the single most important precept of Judaism, how much room does this leave for the rest of human intellect pursuit? Torah Umadda, a provocative work by the president of Yeshiva University, shows that these concerns are by no means unprecedented. As Dr. Lamm writes, "The intersections of Torah and Wisdom are not always clear; indeed, they are more often than not elusive and indeterminate. But the encounter between them is fruitful, sometimes fateful—and always fascinating." Dr. Lamm explores six models of Torah Umadda, providing thorough overviews of such great Jewish thinkers as Moses Maimonides, Samson Raphael Hirsch, and Abraham Isaac Kook. He examines the ideological context of late eighteenth-and early nineteenth-century Jewish religious thought that culminated in the creation of the citadel of Torah Umadda, Yeshiva University. And, borrowing from the work of more contemporary figures, he proposes a number of fresh approaches to the age-old issue. The result is an intriguing, incisive, and remarkably candid vision of a major issue confronting and frequently dividing contemporary Orthodox Jewry. Challenging, illuminating, and, above all, synthesizing, Torah Umadda provides a seminal and widely awaited "mission statement" by a modern renaissance man on the continuing philosophical-theological validity of one of contemporary Judaism's most fertile fields. Simultaneously scholarly and passionate, Torah Umadda itself shines as a brilliant example of that very school of thought it so eloquently puts forth.
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Lamm, Norman was born on December 19, 1927 in Brooklyn. Son of Samuel and Pearl (Baumol) Lamm.
Bachelor summa cum laude, Yeshiva College, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, Bernard Revel Graduate School, 1966. Doctor of Hebrew Letters (honorary), Hebrew Theological College, 1977.
Doctor of Hebrew Letters (honorary), Gratz College, 1999.
Ordained rabbi, 1951; assistant rabbi, Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, New York City, 1952-1953; rabbi, Congregation Kodimoh, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1954-1958; rabbi, Jewish Center, New York City, 1958-1976; Erna and Jakob Michael professor Jewish philosophy, Yeshiva U., New York City, since 1966; president, Yeshiva U., since 1976; president, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, New York City, since 1976. Visiting professor Judaic studies Brooklyn College, 1974-1975. Director Union Orthodox Jewish Congregations American.
(The centrality of Torah_Jewish learning_in Judaism is bey...)
(The centrality of Torah—Jewish learning—in Judaism is bey...)
(Faith and Doubt addresses the question of the encounter o...)
(Using the Shema as his focus, Lamm explores the relations...)
(The Shema is the central prayer of the Jewish faith. Jews...)
(Valuable insights into marriage and married life. This bo...)
(Jewish insights tonto marriage and married life. Topics c...)
Trustee-at-large Federation Jewish Philanthropies, New York. Member Executive Committee Association for a Better New York. Board directors American Friends-Alliance Israelite Universelle.
Member President's Commision on the Holocaust, 1978-1989. Chairman New York Conference on Soviet Jewry, 1970. Member Halakhah Commission, Rabbinical Council American.
Member Association Orthodox Jewish Scientists (charter. Board of Governors).
Married Mindella Mehler, February 23, 1954. Children: Chaye Lamm Warburg, Joshua B., Shalom E., Sara Rebecca Lamm Dratch.