For other people named Louis Jacobs, see Louis Jacobs (disambiguation).
Louis Jacobs
CBE
Personal
Born
17 July 1920
Manchester, England
Died
1 July 2006 (aged 85)
London, England
Religion
Judaism
Spouse
Sophie (Shulamit) (1921–2005).
Denomination
Conservative Judaism
Alma mater
Gateshead Yeshiva
Occupation
Rabbi, writer and theologian
Website
www.louisjacobs.org
Position
Rabbi
Synagogue
New London Synagogue
Buried
Western Cemetery (Cheshunt)
Residence
London, England
Louis JacobsCBE (17 July 1920 – 1 July 2006)[1] was a leading writer, Jewish theologian, and rabbi of the New London Synagogue in the United Kingdom. He was also the focus in the early 1960s of what became known as the "Jacobs Affair"[2] in the British Jewish community.
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^Latchman, David (28 March 2023). "The Jacobs Affair: A Theological Storm from Within". The Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 2 December 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2024. [QUOTE:] I am referring, of course, to the so-called Jacobs Affair involving Rabbi Dr Louis Jacobs (1920-2006). [...]
[...] Prior to the controversy, Rabbi Jacobs was widely regarded as a leading candidate to succeed Rabbi Brodie as Chief Rabbi [ed. note: '[...] of the United Hebrew Congregations of (Great Britain and) the Commonwealth']. It is interesting thus to speculate on how Anglo Jewry would look today if he had published "We have Reason to Believe" after becoming Chief Rabbi rather than a decade before Rabbi Brodie's projected retirement.
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founded in 1964 by followers of Rabbi Dr LouisJacobs, following the "Jacobs Affair" in which Rabbi Jacobs was refused employment in the United Synagogue...
community, most scholars believe these documents were written independently; LouisJacobs writes, "If the editors of either had had access to an actual text of...
sometimes in response to the problem of evil and ideas about free will. LouisJacobs writes that modern Jewish thinkers such as Levi Olan, echoing some classical...
binary types of oppositions (e.g. body and soul). On the other hand, LouisJacobs stated that Hasidic teachings should not be described as exegesis as...
and what merely a recapitulation, also baffled historians. Some, like LouisJacobs, regarded the early masters as innovators who introduced "much that was...
whether the parents are married to each other. Instead, Jacobs offers another explanation. Jacobs believes that an Israelite man who married a non-Israelite...
boxing promoter Mike Jacobs sought out Louis's handlers. After Louis's narrow defeat of Natie Brown on March 29, 1935, Jacobs and the Louis team met at the...
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Literature based on kabbalistic principles. It was translated into English by LouisJacobs as "Moses Cordovero, The Palm Tree of Deborah", New York Sepher-Hermon...
Volume XXIX, 1949, pp. 120-125". Muslim World. XXIX: 120–125. See: LouisJacobs (1995), p. 272 Turner (2005), p. 16 Lane, 1893 Wehr, Hans. Dictionary...
School? (New York: Jason Aronson, 1999) ISBN 978-0765760760 p. 11-12 LouisJacobs, "Swaying," in The Jewish Religion: A Companion (Oxford University Press...
Walther Andreas Jacobs (born 27 October 1963) is a German businessman, private equity investor and heir to Jacobs. His father was Klaus J. Jacobs, who was an...
be basically upheld. Exponents of the latter view, among them rabbis LouisJacobs and Neil Gillman, also emphasized the encounter of God with the Jews...
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