Comments on: Boruch Dayan HaEmes http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2006/04/24/boruch-dayan-haemes/ A Journal of Jewish Thought and Opinion Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:06:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Elie http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2006/04/24/boruch-dayan-haemes/#comment-53732 Elie Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:29:31 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2006/04/24/boruch-dayan-haemes/#comment-53732 Yaakov: <i>Two</i> occasions? Uncle Arthur Z'L would be moved to tears pretty much any time he spoke about his parents. He was very emotional on that topic. In addition to your comments, what I found most fascinating about him is that he considered himself simultaneously a Belzer Chussid and a pillar of the Conservative momement. Somehow he was able to harmonize those two seemingly contradictory hashkafos in his mind. I never fully understood how, and now I never will. Baruch Dayan Emes. Yaakov: Two occasions? Uncle Arthur Z’L would be moved to tears pretty much any time he spoke about his parents. He was very emotional on that topic.

In addition to your comments, what I found most fascinating about him is that he considered himself simultaneously a Belzer Chussid and a pillar of the Conservative momement. Somehow he was able to harmonize those two seemingly contradictory hashkafos in his mind. I never fully understood how, and now I never will. Baruch Dayan Emes.

]]> By: Yaakov Menken http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2006/04/24/boruch-dayan-haemes/#comment-53716 Yaakov Menken Wed, 26 Apr 2006 02:09:26 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2006/04/24/boruch-dayan-haemes/#comment-53716 JO, Arthur Hertzberg was my wife's uncle. He is an equally fascinating enigma in person -- he loved our traditions, much as he had left them. He affected a sophisticated accent and stoic professional demeanor, while being very down to earth and loving with his family. I saw him moved to tears on two occasions, both having to do with his father. JO, Arthur Hertzberg was my wife’s uncle. He is an equally fascinating enigma in person — he loved our traditions, much as he had left them. He affected a sophisticated accent and stoic professional demeanor, while being very down to earth and loving with his family. I saw him moved to tears on two occasions, both having to do with his father.

]]> By: M http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2006/04/24/boruch-dayan-haemes/#comment-53706 M Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:21:37 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2006/04/24/boruch-dayan-haemes/#comment-53706 While your at it, a great tzadik and one of the last European Rebbes died last nite, the Satmar Rov. While your at it, a great tzadik and one of the last European Rebbes died last nite, the Satmar Rov.

]]> By: Jewish Observer http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2006/04/24/boruch-dayan-haemes/#comment-53694 Jewish Observer Tue, 25 Apr 2006 03:32:40 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2006/04/24/boruch-dayan-haemes/#comment-53694 I find Rabbi Hertzberg to be a fascinating personality. I would be curious to hear from anyone who knew him what he was like on a personal level. I find Rabbi Hertzberg to be a fascinating personality. I would be curious to hear from anyone who knew him what he was like on a personal level.

]]> By: Steve Brizel http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2006/04/24/boruch-dayan-haemes/#comment-53689 Steve Brizel Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:29:41 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2006/04/24/boruch-dayan-haemes/#comment-53689 Regardless of C r and Dr A Hertzberg's hashkafos, his books on the the French Enlightenment and the Jews and Zionism are classics. His work on the French Enlightenment and the Jews is still a very important book for anyone interested in the rise of secular anti-Semitism. Regardless of C r and Dr A Hertzberg’s hashkafos, his books on the the French Enlightenment and the Jews and Zionism are classics. His work on the French Enlightenment and the Jews is still a very important book for anyone interested in the rise of secular anti-Semitism.

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