Longtime friends and great colleagues. And its a true honor to introduce them. Joining us to debut his brand new book this is its publication is the extraordinary rabbi dr. Meir soloveichik who was the rabbi at congregations harith israel on the west side. The oldest jewish congregation the United States and. Bye bye legend. And i embrace it. And im the final word. The first synagogue in the United States to offer kaddish for a non, in this case, abraham. So thats thats what linked us together, no pun intended. And thats how we became friends. We are thrilled to have him back. I dont know how the rabbi does all he does in to leaving a congregation. He hosts two podcasts, bible 365 and jerusalem 365. I dont know if one has ended and another has begun. Its still extraordinary, both of them amazing as guided tours as those you who know him can imagine. And he also serves as director of the strauss hunter for torah and western thought at yeshiva university, where he received his rabbinic b
Colleagues. And its a true honor to introduce them. Joining us to debut his brand new book this is its publication is the extraordinary rabbi dr. Meir soloveichik who was the rabbi at congregations harith israel on the west side. The oldest jewish congregation the United States and. Bye bye legend. And i embrace it. And im the final word. The first synagogue in the United States to offer kaddish for a non, in this case, abraham. So thats thats what linked us together, no pun intended. And thats how we became friends. We are thrilled to have him back. I dont know how the rabbi does all he does in to leaving a congregation. He hosts two podcasts, bible 365 and jerusalem 365. I dont know if one has ended and another has begun. Its still extraordinary, both of them amazing as guided tours as those you who know him can imagine. And he also serves as director of the strauss hunter for torah and western thought at yeshiva university, where he received his rabbinic before earning ph. D. In rel
Was going to say old friends, longtime friends and great colleagues. And its a true honor to introduce them. Joining us to debut his brand new book this is its publication is the extraordinary rabbi dr. Meir soloveichik who was the rabbi at congregations harith israel on the west side. The oldest jewish congregation the United States and. Bye bye legend. And i embrace it. And im the final word. The first synagogue in the United States to offer kaddish for a non, in this case, abraham. So thats thats what linked us together, no pun intended. And thats how we became friends. We are thrilled to have him back. I dont know how the rabbi does all he does in to leaving a congregation. He hosts two podcasts, bible 365 and jerusalem 365. I dont know if one has ended and another has begun. Its still extraordinary, both of them amazing as guided tours as those you who know him can imagine. And he also serves as director of the strauss hunter for torah and western thought at yeshiva university, wh
Was going to say old friends, longtime friends and great colleagues. And its a true honor to introduce them. Joining us to debut his brand new book this is its publication is the extraordinary rabbi dr. Meir soloveichik who was the rabbi at congregations harith israel on the west side. The oldest jewish congregation the United States and. Bye bye legend. And i embrace it. And im the final word. The first synagogue in the United States to offer kaddish for a non, in this case, abraham. So thats thats what linked us together, no pun intended. And thats how we became friends. We are thrilled to have him back. I dont know how the rabbi does all he does in to leaving a congregation. He hosts two podcasts, bible 365 and jerusalem 365. I dont know if one has ended and another has begun. Its still extraordinary, both of them amazing as guided tours as those you who know him can imagine. And he also serves as director of the strauss hunter for torah and western thought at yeshiva university, wh
Well, thank you very much indeed. Now, normally when i give a talk of any description, and ive given quite a number in the last week while ive been in america, i usually have a little repertory of anecdotes with which i commence, and i had one prepared this evening. But strangely enough, something happened to me on the way here which meant that i decided to scrap it and talk about Something Else entirely. I took the subway to congress circle, and i walked up Central Park West towards the historical society, and as i was walking up the street, out of the corner of my eye i saw a bronze plaque on the wall, on the wall of a rather august looking building. It wasnt the Second Church of christ scientists, its the spanishportuguese synagogue. And i read the plaque, and ive never seen that before. I normally try to keep my eyes open for historical things when im in new york, but i hadnt actually seen this. I was quite struck by this because, of course im quite familiar with the history of thi