Tzvi Rabinowicz, a descendant of famous hasidic families in Poland, was the regional rabbi of Cricklewood, Willesden and Brondesbury Synagogues in London. He obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of London, where he was also awarded a Ph.D. for his thesis entitled, "The Life and Times of Rabbi Joseph Colon (1420-1480)," a study of Italian Jewry during the Renaissance. He received a Rabbinical Diploma from Jews' College, London.
The hasidim have much to teach us all, and our thanks are due to
Rabbi Rabinowicz for a wholly fascinating insight into the lives of
the great hasidic rebbes and their followers, each one a vivid
universe of the spirit, each a living counterweight to a secular
age that is in danger of mastering creation while forgetting the
Creator. In these several songs of the soul we hear the
astonishingly varied music of the Jewish people, undefeated by the
Holocaust, still singing the old-new words in the old-new land in
the great duet between a people and their God. This is a lovely
book by a fine writer, a fitting tribute to the masters of the
Jewish spirit and to the faith that inspired them and continues to
inspire us.
*Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, United Hebrew Congregation of the
British Commonwealth*
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