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Nine American Jewish Thinkers (Paperback)
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The nine American Jews of whom Milton Konvitz writes are
philosophers, jurists, or rabbis, widely known and readily accepted
as American Jewish thinkers. Their work reflects all essential
Jewish values. Each person in his own way has dedicated his work to
the betterment of life and the advancement of human ideals. In this
sense, their Jewishness is not defined by religion alone.
Americanism permeated all they thought and all they did.Konvitz
argues that in the complex modern world, secularists often serve
God more handsomely than do members of synagogues or churches. For
example, when the Supreme Court in 1954 (with Felix Frankfurter
playing a key role behind the scenes) agreed to outlaw segregation
of the races in public schools, was the Court's action secular or
religious? When Congress passed the statute known as the Americans
with Disabilities Act, requiring equal treatment of handicapped
persons, was the action secular or religious? Is a minimum wage act
secular or religious? Is Medicaid a secular or a religious act?
Konvitz believes the distinction is not useful, or even
possible.The book is divided into three parts, reflecting Konvitz's
range of intellectual interests. The nine essays offer concise
intellectual biographies of three American Jewish philosophers,
three Supreme Court Justices, and three rabbis. The
philosophers-Horace M. Kallen, Morris Raphael Cohen, and Sidney
Hook-are world-renowned. The jurists-Louis D. Brandeis, Benjamin N.
Cardozo, and Felix Frankfurter-hold prominent places in American
legal history. And the three rabbis-Leo Jung, Robert Gordis, and
Jacob Agus-are known wherever Jewish thought is studied. By
treating with equal seriousness the lives and writings of both
religious and secularist thinkers, the author intentionally
minimizes the conventional antagonism and frequent conflict between
religion and secularism.An unusual feature of the book is the fact
that the author was a close friend of six of the persons whose
lives and work are examined, allowing him a perceptive insight into
their character and thought. Although the book is about serious
subjects, its graceful style makes the contents easily accessible
to lay persons as well as scholars and students of Judaica.
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