Jenseits Von Orthodoxie Und Liberalismus
Tel-Aviv; J. Goldstein & Co., 1939. Item #28798
FT) Paper wrappers. 8vo. 134 pages. 23 cm. First edition. In German. Full title: “Jenseits von Orthodoxie und Liberalismus; versuch ueber die juedische glaubenslage der Gegenwart”; “Beyond Orthodoxy and Liberalism; Essay on the Jewish Faith in the Present Situation”. The present situation being Kristallnacht and all that ensued. Born in Munich as Fritz Rosenthal, Shalom Ben-Chorin emigrated to Palestine from Munich in 1935. Following the war, he was instrumental in establishing a Jewish-Christian dialogue with Germans. He also organized the first German-Israeli youth exchange. In 1958 he founded Jerusalem's Har-El congregation, Israel's first Reform synagogue. Subjects: Judaism. Jewish Theology. Covers lightly soiled, pronouncedly so at edges. Light tear to backstrip of paper wrapper. Internal pages clean, but very aged and brittle at margins and edges. Two pages earmarked near endpages. Very good condition. (GER-33-2).
Price: $100.00