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kook

(kuk)
n. a strange person. She seems like a kook, but she is just grand, really.
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Kook grapples with the influence of a plethora of foreign religions on Jewish society.
R. ABRAHAM ISAAC HA-KOHEN KOOK AND THE BRENNER AFFAIR
Although best known as the first chief rabbi of the Ashkenazi community in pre-state Palestine, Rav Kook was a polymath whose writings on mysticism and messianism are part of the Jewish canon.
A complicated Kook
Nevertheless, I will attempt in this essay to demonstrate that despite the disagreement between Rabbi Geiger and Rabbi Kook on the nature of the messianic idea, both men were moving toward the same goal within the framework of modern Judaism.
Abraham Geiger and Abraham Isaac Kook: Messianism's return to history
4) In this paper I wish to touch on just one corner of this ambiguous and complex attitude on the part of Rav Kook by showing how Rav Kook's own conception of the love of God draws upon Maimonides' conception--but in inverted form.
The love of God in Maimonides and Rav Kook
Brighton-based British rock band The Kooks have announced their Australian tour, which will kick off in January next year.
The Kooks Announce Australian Tour To Promote Their Album 'Listen,' Check Out The Venue Details [SEE VIDEO]
It is evident that Shatz views Rabbi Dessler, Rabbi Kook, and of course, Maimonides, as his personal spiritual guides, yet Orthodox thought includes many diverse and incompatible sources as well.
Jewish Thought in Dialogue: Essays on Thinkers, Theologies, and Moral Theories
Rav Kook did not live to see the birth of a Jewish State in 1948.
Religious Zionism after Gaza: overcoming shattered dreams
Nosan-Blank takes to heart the words of Rabbi Avraham Kook, ``We're constantly challenged to make the old new and the new holy'' as she discovers nontraditional ways to appreciate the eight days of Hanukkah.
HANUKKAH A TIME OF ENLIGHTENMENT
A new and historic film, recently given English subtitles, tells the story of Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda Kook and the Mercaz Harav Yeshiva students who liberated the city - and continue to celebrate its unification every year as if it has just occurred.
Watch: Eyewitnesses tell of the liberation of Jerusalem
At the Merkaz HaRav Kook Yeshiva students and others danced the night away with a traditional "Simchat Beit HaSho'eva"
Simchat Beit HaSho'eva at Merkaz HaRav Kook Yeshiva
This article will attempt to trace some little-known aspects of the inner life of one of the twentieth century's greatest Jewish thinkers: Rabbi Abraham Isaac ha-Kohen Kook (1865-1935).
Hidden diaries and new discoveries: the life and thought of Rabbi A. I. Kook
Jones Lang LaSalle has completed three transactions, totaling 69,319 s/f, for Hahn Kook Center U.
Jones Lang LaSalle inks 70,000 s/f in deals at 460 Park
Although Hauser is despised as a fun-killing kook by most pro skaters, some companies find his encyclopedic knowledge of skating useful to avoid ABDs.
Element hires skate nerd to consult for tricks that have 'already been done'; pro riders pissed
A new and historic film, recently given English subtitles, tells the story of Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda Kook and the Merxaz Harav Yeshiva students who liberated the city - and continue to celebrate its unification every year as if it has just occurred.
Watch: Eyewitnesses tell of the liberation of Jerusalem
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