'Save the museum': Rabbi chaim soloveitchik and the question of the chief rabbinate in the ottoman empire

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Abstract

This article discusses the motives behind the involvement of Rabbi Chaim from Brisk, Rabbi Yisrael Meir ha-Cohen of Radun ('The Chofetz Chaim'), Rabbi Yitzhak Isaac Halevy, Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, the Sochatchover Rebbe, and the Admor of Gur, as well as other Ashkenazi rabbis from Eastern and Western Europe, concerning the Chief Rabbinate in Jerusalem and in Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire. The article offers a study of the connections between modern Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews, and of the growing network as well as facilitated travel and communication that brought Ashkenazim and Sephardim together in the period. The article contributes to our knowledge about the rise of modern Orthodox politics, and weaves together two different revolutions - The 1905 revolution in Russia and the Young Turk revolution in 1908 - That mobilized Ashkenazim across Europe to intervene in the question of the appointment of an Ottoman Chief Rabbi after 1908.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)360-386
Number of pages27
JournalJournal of Jewish Studies
Volume66
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2015

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