This is the first comprehensive philosophical-theological study of the mystical thought of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook (1865-1935), the Chief Rabbi of Palestine pr

This book offers a range of analyses and interpretations covering the major areas of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook's thought. Among the issues discussed are: his rel

This book shows that mysticism is incomplete without scientific rationalism, and that our current social and political projects cannot be completed without assi

From his days as a precocious youngster in Lomzha to his service as rabbi of Belfast and Dublin, chief rabbi of the Irish Free State, and then chief rabbi of Ma

Incidents from the life of a European Jew who fulfilled a lifelong dream when he became the first Chief Rabbi of Israel.