Emes Ve-Emunah: New Look

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

New Look - Final Answer

I have decided to keep the original template. I sense that most people are used to it and are comfortable with its familiar look.

That's a good thing because I have tried mightily to upload haloscan to the new template and have failed each time. (...even though haloscan 'install' feature says I have successfully installed it!)

I may attempt it again in the future in a more familiar template that is similar to this one. The features offered there are very nice and I'd like to incorporate them into the blog.

In the meantime I have left the experimental blog up - withy a new template that will likely be used if I can get it to work. For those interested it is available here.

Updated: 8/18/09 8:14 AM CDT

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My outlook on Judaism is based mostly on the teachings of my primary Rebbe, Rabbi Aaron Soloveichik from whom I received my rabbinic ordination. It is also based on a search for spiritual truth. Among the various sources that put me on the right path, two great philosophic works stand out: “Halakhic Man” and “Lonely Man of Faith” authored by the pre-eminent Jewish philosopher and theologian, Rabbi, Dr. Joseph B. Soloveitchik. Of great significance is Rabbi, Dr. Norman Lamm's conceptualization and models of Torah U’Mada and Dr. Eliezer Berkovits who introduced me to the world of philosophic thought. Among my early influences were two pioneers of American Elementary Torah Chinuch, Rabbis Shmuel Kaufman and Yaakov Levi. The Yeshivos I attended were Yeshivas Telshe for early high school and more significantly, the Hebrew Theological College where for a period of ten years, my Rebbeim included such great Rabbinic figures as Rabbis Mordechai Rogov, Shmaryahu Meltzer, Yaakov Perlow, Herzl Kaplan, and Selig Starr. I also attended Roosevelt University where I received my Bachelor's Degree - majoring in Psychology.