From Ton Tielen and David Mendoza:
Menasseh ben Israel vs. The Rabbis
Do you think conflicts within Jewish communities are something new? It
is possible that the re-admission of Jews to England was a consequence
of a squabble between Amsterdam's leading rabbis.
With the merger of the three original Amsterdam Sephardic communities,
the city found itself with four rabbis. All of them were strong
characters. Inevitably, there were disputes over who had religious
authority and who should be paid the most.
It is possible that Menasseh's trip to London, and the establishment of a
Jewish community there, partly had its roots in his differences
with Saul Levi Morteira, Isaac Aboab, David Pardo.
Our expert speaker this week, Professor Steven Nadler, is Professor of
Philosophy and of Jewish Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
His research focuses on philosophy in the seventeenth century. He has
written extensively on Descartes and Cartesianism, Spinoza, and Leibniz.
He also works on medieval and early modern Jewish philosophy. His
publications include biographies of Spinoza and Menasseh ben Israel.
Topic: Menasseh ben Israel vs. The Rabbis
Time: Nov 8, 2020. 2pm NYC, 7pm London, 8pm Amsterdam/Paris, 10pm Jerusalem.
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Ton Tielen and David Mendoza
Sephardic World
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