My Jewish Learning: Articles By Rabbi Louis Jacobs

Articles By Rabbi Louis Jacobs

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Rabbi Dr. Louis Jacobs (1920-2006) was a Masorti rabbi, the first leader of Masorti Judaism (also known as Conservative Judaism) in the United Kingdom, and a leading writer and thinker on Judaism.

Rabbi Eliezer

Few facts are known about this teacher of Rabbi Akiba.
Judaism on Cremation

An evaluation of the arguments for and against.
Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev

The most lovable figure in Hasidic folklore.
Vegetarianism and Kashrut

Moral and theological implications of vegetarianism can be seen as a challenge to the rabbinic tradition.
Milton Steinberg

This Jewish thinker and Reconstructionist leader asked: Does belief in God make sense?
Reform Judaism

An examination of the origins and early development of Reform Judaism in Germany and the United States.
Compassion & Tzedakah
Divine Providence

According to some thinkers, God only watches over people in a general way; according to others, divine providence extends to the minute details of life.
Nahman of Bratslav

Hasidic master whose disciples refuse to appoint a successor--even two centuries after his death.
Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler

Scholar in the Musar movement inspired Ponivezh Yeshivah.