Rabbi Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff

Rabbi Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff is professor of rabbinic literature at Yeshiva University’s Caroline and Joseph S. Gruss Institute in Jerusalem.

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Shabbos Hagadol And The Israeli Defense Forces

By Rabbi Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff

Today we have more than six million halachic Jews living in the Holy Land.

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The Religious Zionism Of Rav Soloveitchik

By Rabbi Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff

There are two key questions to consider when examining Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik’s relationship with Religious Zionism. The first is why the Rav was so firmly anti-Zionist when he arrived in America. The second is how the impact of the Holocaust and birth of Israel caused the Rav to fundamentally change his perspective.