Transcript of Emanuel Synagogue Seminar on Martin Buber.

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Transcript of Emanuel Synagogue Seminar on Martin Buber.

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Typescript transcript of two seminar sessions on Jewish religious philosopher Martin Buber held at the Emanuel Synagogue in Hartford, Connecticut on May 2, 1964. The first session features a presentation by Dr. Hans Kohn entitled, "Life and Times of Martin Buber." The second session is an address by Dr. Alexander Altmann entitled "Martin Buber." Other participants include Rabbi Simon Noveck of the Emanuel congregation, Rabbi Nathan Hershfield of the Temple Beth Israel in Hartford, Rabbi Harry Zwelling; Rabbi William Cohen, and Harry Cooper. These seminars were part of a seminar series at the Emanuel covering modern Jewish thought. Seminar topics include Buber's I-Thou philosophy, intellectualism and spiritualism, the existence of evil, fatalism in Judaism, Buber's thoughts on the Bible; Hasidism; Buber's views on the Jewish deity; Buber's thoughts on Christianity and Jesus; Buber's popularity with Christian churches; and communication between Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox denominations.

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Buber, Martin, 1878-1965

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Buber was a German-Jewish religious philosopher, biblical translator and interpreter, and master of German prose style. Miriam and Naëmah Beer-Hofmann were daughters of the Austrian dramatist and poet Richard Beer-Hofmann and Pauline Lissey. From the description of Letters to Miriam and Naëmah Beer-Hofmann, 1961-1965. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 78544052 Buber was a Jewish philosopher, who taught in Frankfurt, 1924-1933, and Jerusalem, 1938-1951. ...

Emanuel Synagogue (Hartford, Conn.)

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Hans Kohn was born in Prague on September 15, 1891. He was active in Jewish student organizations in Prague, and it was during this period that he came to know Martin Buber. He was a professor at Smith College in Northampton, at City College in New York, and the Center for Advanced Studies at Wesleyan. The author of numerous books and publications, including one of the first Buber biographies, he wrote extensively on the topics of nationalism, pan-Slavism, German thought, and the Je...