Rabbi Louis Jacobs

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.

Articles by Rabbi Louis Jacobs

Bible

Noah’s Flood

Story, whether factual or not, finds similarities in Babylonian myth.

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Fatherhood of God

God's relationship as a parent is to Israel, not to Man.

Our Bodies

Faith Healing

Curing with supernatural powers is viewed with skepticism in Judaism.

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Jewish Existentialism

Emphasis placed on human free will and what is true to an individual.

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Rabbi Eliezer

Few facts are known about this teacher of Rabbi Akiba.

Jewish Ecstasy

Accounts of intense encounters with God rare in Judaism.

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Dov Baer of Mezhirech

This Hasidic thinker believed man should constantly be aware of God.

Sages & Scholars

Dov Baer of Lubavitch

Hasidic scholar wrote extensively on the mystical mind.

Devekut

Hasidic idea of being attached or cleaving to God.

Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler

Scholar in the Musar movement inspired Ponivezh Yeshivah.