Documenting the unique and unforgettable contribution he made to the Jewish people, this biography of Chief Rabbi Brigadier-General Shlomo Goren details the life and legacy of the first chief rabbi of the Israeli army. From his childhood smuggling of arms for the Haganah to serving as a sniper in the War of Independence, and from the dangerous task of retrieving bodies from the field of battle behind enemy lines to the role he played in the recapturing of the Old City, the Western Wall, and the Temple Mount during the Six-Day War, the book emphasizes Goren's importance to the physical defense of Israel. Beyond that, however, it also highlights his pioneering work in Jewish law and his monumental scholarship on the Jerusalem Talmud and a number of aspects of Jewish life, revealing another facet of a man who embodied the ancient ideal of being both a great Jewish scholar and a remarkable soldier in the service of God and the Jewish people.

Reviews
"Urim Publications aims to familiarize readers with the lives of important personalities in recent history. If this first entry in the series is a forerunner of what is to come, then we may anticipate balanced biographies that praise their subjects but which simultaneously identify negative traits. [...] --Morton I. Teicher, The National Jewish Post & Opinion
" [...] It was simply a fascinating read. The book is not a thorough biography but a survey of Rabbi Goren's life and thought. Accessible, readable, gripping. [...] Coming away from the book, you get a picture of a great, learned and pious man who had a huge impact on history but was still a human being. This book should be on every Jewish bookshelf." --Gil Student, Hirhurim Blog
"Recognized as a genius in Talmud, Rabbi Shlomo Goren was a strong-minded and brilliant individual with ongoing contact, and controversies, with the greatest rabbinic and political leaders of his time. This courageous and informative biography is a fascinating and inspiring story." -- Jewish Book World
"This courageous and informative biography is a fascinating and inspiring story." -- Jewish Book World



Book Information
ISBN 9789657108819
Author Shalom Freedman
Format Hardback
Page Count 221
Imprint Urim Publications
Publisher Urim Publications
Weight(grams) 572g
Dimensions(mm) 244mm * 178mm * 18mm