{"product_id":"emet-le-ya-akov-facing-the-truths-of-history-essays-in-honor-of-jacob-j-schacter-9798887193120","title":"Emet le-Ya‘akov: Facing the Truths of History:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmet le-Ya‘akov\u003c\/i\u003e comprises a collection of essays celebrating the career and achievements of Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter, who has served the American and international Jewish community with distinction in his roles as a synagogue rabbi, university professor, and public intellectual. These articles, like the honoree, recognize the importance of both history and memory, emphasize the necessity of accuracy in historiography, and do not shy away from inconvenient truths. They are divided into three categories that help frame the discussion around “facing the truths of history”: Textual Traditions, Memory and Making of Meaning, and (Re)Creating a Usable Past. The volume also includes a brief sketch of Schacter’s life and work and a bibliography of his publications.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“For Truth Is More Precious than Anything Else”\u003cbr\u003e Zev Eleff and Shaul Seidler-Feller\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography of the Writings of Jacob J. Schacter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMenachem Butler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTextual Traditions\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Maimonides’s \u003ci\u003eMishneh Torah\u003c\/i\u003e on the Messianic Age: Reactions and Controversies through the Ages\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Berger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. A New Paradigm of the Jew\/Gentile Relationship: Maimonides’s Analysis of the \u003ci\u003eMiẓvah le-Haḥayoto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAri Berman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. In the Ecumenical Footsteps of Rabbi Jacob Emden: The Curious Case of Pinchas Lapide\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Gottlieb\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Rationalizing \u003ci\u003eKerei u-Ketiv\u003c\/i\u003e: Radak’s Methodology in His Biblical Commentaries\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNaomi Grunhaus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. “The Law Follows the Lenient View in Mourning”: The History and Reconsideration of a Talmudic Principle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShmuel Hain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. A Community for the Sake of Heaven: Emden’s Understandings of Christianity and Islam\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusannah Heschel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Tosafist Collections in the Writings of Ḥayyim Joseph David Azulai (Ḥida): The Case of \u003ci\u003eTosefot Shittah\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEphraim Kanarfogel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Grandfather and Grandson: Teachers and Interpreters in Hebrew Ben Sira and Greek Sirach\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAri Lamm\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Rabbi Jacob Joshua Falk’s Final Salvo in the Emden-Eibeschuetz Controversy: \u003ci\u003eḤarvot Ẓurim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShnayer Leiman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. The Taboo against “Next Year in Jerusalem” in the American Haggadah (1837–1942)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan D. Sarna\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Twentieth-Century American Orthodox Responses to Living in a \u003ci\u003eMalkhut shel Ḥesed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElana Stein Hain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. Reception of Malachi’s Temple Critique in Judaism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShlomo Zuckier\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMemory and the Making of Meaning\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. The Last Trial of Jacob Emden: Community, Memory, Authority\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElisheva Carlebach\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14. Papering Over an Era of American Orthodox Pragmatism: The Case of College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZev Eleff and Menachem Butler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15. Cultural Memory, Spiritual Critique, and \u003ci\u003ePiyyut\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Fishbane\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16. “A Faithful Home in Israel”? Jewish Dis\/Connections in Contemporary American Jewish Literature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSylvia Barack Fishman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17. Who Is Not a Jew? Notes on the Reception of the Principle “Though He Sinned, He Remains an Israelite”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatt Goldish\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18. New York Jewish History and Memory: Opportunities and Challenges\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeffrey S. Gurock\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19. Inscribing Communal Memory: \u003ci\u003eMemorbücher\u003c\/i\u003e in Early Modern and Modern Europe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDebra Kaplan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20. Pilgrims’ Progress? Ḥakham Ẓevi and the History of Visitors to Israel Observing One Day of \u003ci\u003eYom Tov\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYosie Levine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21. Herschel Schacter’s Encounter with Mordecai Kaplan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRafael Medoff\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e(Re)Creating a Usable Past\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e22. Remember, Research, Commemorate: The (Re)Making of a Holocaust Research Institute\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJudith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e23. Prayer in a Time of Pandemic: Loneliness, Liturgy, and Virtual Community\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLois C. Dubin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24. \u003ci\u003eOr Nogah\u003c\/i\u003e and the Uses of History: Blidstein, Petuchowski, and the Diverse Readings of a Nineteenth-Century Reform Halakhic Text\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Ellenson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e25. From Rabbiner Doktor to Rabbanit Doctor: Academic Education and the Evolution of Israeli Religious Leadership\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdam S. Ferziger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e26. Why Was Titus Killed by a Gnat? Reflections on a Rabbinic Legend\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteven Fine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e27. Anchor to Springboard: Uses and Revaluations of \u003ci\u003eMasorah \u003c\/i\u003ein Medieval Ashkenaz\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTalya Fishman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e28. Ḥasdai Crescas, Royal Courtier: A Reappraisal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenjamin R. Gampel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e29. The Slifkin Affair: Contexts, Texts, and Subtexts of Israeli and American Orthodox Responses\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenjamin J. Samuels\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e30. A Guide for Today’s Perplexed? The Changing Face of Maimonidean Scholarship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Shatz\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e31. The Image of the Gra in the Writings of Rabbi Joseph B. 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