Rabbis in the Land of Atheism: Rabbinic Thought and Writing in the Soviet Union

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On the eve of Revolution, Russia's Jewry still venerated the rabbis as a communal elite. This course attempts to answer such questions as; How did the rabbis of this still highly traditionalist Jewry maintain the loyalty of their constituents? How did they view the Jewish identity of Soviet Jews? How did they change their legal approach to allow for the possibility of living according to halakha in the new Soviet reality?