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…THE JEWISH NEWS Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with issue of July 20. 1951 Member American Association of English—Jewish Newspapers, Michigan Press Associatibn, National…
… as a paperback the Nahum N. a newly-generated panic, then the hesitancy Glatzer classic, "Hillel the Elder—The Emergence of Classical Juda- than in comparable war-time periods of American to endorse…
… the right of protest and dissent ism," which first appeared in 1956 as part of the Hillel Little Books history. becomes all the more deplorable. series. "However, we deplore all action which As the…
… eminent author points out in his introduction, knowledge threatens expression of dissent in connection with It is much easier to shout hallelujah every about Hillel the Elder is essential for an…
…- Dr. Glatzer explains that "we apply the terms 'classical' to the bizarre, disreputable, or unpatriotic elements in ministration. But the interest of the country period of Hillel (who is never called…
…—and hysteria of the McCarthy period, which happily pression of views. Else whatever is called return—for all forms of Judaism yet to come was established." we overcame. Hillel's work, it is shown in this brief…
… but very significant book freedom can so easily terminate as tyranny. "We call therefore for resistance to the crea- Tall Many i Tales, of Splendid Vintage, in Orators'Anthology Glatzer's 'Hillel the…
… generation after him.". Delineating the status of the Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes and the Dead Sea Community, in his presentation of the historical background, Dr. Glatzer reviews Hillel's ascent, his…
… introduction of a new note in the house of study, the emergence of the two schools, Hillel and his rival Shammai and the laws an which they differed. Discussing "community versus state" and the influence of…
… "Classical Judaism" in which Dr. Glatzer declares: "Classical Judaism, as it emerges in Hillel, stands first of all for Torah: its source is the divine revelation to Israel . . . Classical Juda- ism emphasizes…