33. Abraham Geiger

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Podcast: The Podcast of Jewish Ideas

Episode date: May 30, 2024

Speakers: J.J. Kimche

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J.J. and Dr. Susannah Heschel survey the fascinating life and brilliant ideas of Abraham Geiger. This guy was flagrantly influential. A practicing rabbi, a leader in the Wissenschaft das Judentums movement and a founder of Islamic studies in Europe, he was on the intellectual vanguard of the 19th century Reform movement, so strap in for a great conversation. 
 

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