Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis
Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis
Who was Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, and why is he still so iconic a century later?
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Who was Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, and why is he still so iconic a century later?

Professor Yehudah Mirsky, author of a wonderful, accessible biography of Rabbi Kook, joins us for our podcast today.
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There are many ways to understand a society, its commitments, its rifts and its passions. There’s history. There’s music and literature. And there are, of course, the giant women and men who shaped it.

Today, as part of our ongoing quest to “unpack” Israeli society, what it stands for and where it’s heading, we look at where it came from, with the help …

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Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis
Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis
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