337:. He views modernization of religion as an absolute religious necessity and prerequisite. He believes in the religious importance of science, art, democracy, and other universal secular values. Polonsky is a proponent of the initiative to introduce "a day of science" in Israeli high-school curricula, to demonstrate productive
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Polonsky attributes himself to the radically modernist wing of religious
Zionism, whose essence is the orthodox modernization of Judaism; in other words, an active modernization with strict adherence to an orthodox Jewish approach. In this he sees himself as a follower of Rav Kook and a partner to R.
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In 2009 Polonsky became one of the founders of an
Academic wiki-encyclopedia on Jewish and Israeli topics. The goal of the project is the publication of a complementary (to Knowledge and other sources), academically viable information on Judaism, Jews and Israel on the Russian-language Internet.
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with commentaries in the 1980s in Moscow. The
Haggadah was published using photocopying equipment and distributed in hundreds of copies across Moscow and other major cities of the former Soviet Union. This Hagadah was meant to instruct in leading an exciting and spiritual
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During the course of his research of Rav Kook's philosophy and body of work, he wrote and published a study (monograph) titled "Rav
Abraham Isaac Kook. Life and Teaching". In 2009 the main chapters of the book were translated and published in English, and in 2013 into
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As of March 2020, a full commentary on the Torah (11 books) have been published. An
English translation of Genesis, Part A, "Be Reshit - Chayei Sarah" has been published in the fall of 2019. The first part of Genesis in Ukrainian has been published in 2019 as well.
38:, born 11 February 1958) is a rabbi, Russian-Israeli Jewish-religious philosopher, researcher, and educator active among the Russian-speaking Jewish community. He has written original books and a number of translations of works on Judaism.
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Polonsky is the initiator and coordinator for the project "Preserving the Memory", whose purpose is to preserve the memory of the Jewish-Zionist underground movement in the USSR. He is also the founder of the "Fight
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229:"Gates of Prayer, the New Union Prayer Book"). Until this day it remains the most widely used prayer book in Russian; a transliterated edition is also available);
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Residence Museum in Jerusalem and prepared the publishing of a compilation of Rav Kook's works titled "Tolerance in the Teaching of R. Kook".
396:"Rabbi Kook and the Modernization of Judaism". Conversations: A Journal of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals, issue 4, Spring 2009, NY.
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Starting in 1979 Polonsky became one of the founders of a clandestine network for the study of Torah in Moscow. He was involved in
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During his underground activities in Moscow (1977–1987), he taught
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He introduced the concept of religious anti-fundamentalism; in other words, an opposition to religious
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613:«Восемнадцать», составитель З. Вагнер, издательство «Шамир», Иерусалим, 1989, с. 202—217
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1975: Masters Degree in Mathematics and Education, Moscow State Pedagogical Institute.
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In 2022 Polonsky published Siddur with Russian translation, transliteration and audio.
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This initiative launched by Pinchas Polonsky began with an underground edition of the
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Polonsky supports an integration of universal ideas into religion creating a healthy
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Creative audio and video guide for Passover celebration (no less than 30 000 copies)
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1994–1997: attended Yeshiva Beit Morasha, Jerusalem, majoring in Jewish philosophy.
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Israel and humanity: Thoughts drawn from the Teachings of r. Kook, by rav Cherki
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Polonsky is the author of the concept of "Three Stages of the Arrival of the
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184:. His thesis was: "Sociological Concepts in R. Kook's Teachings".
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After applying for immigration to Israel, Polonsky became a
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Between 1975 and 1980 Polonsky studied mathematics at the
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Two stories of the World creation. Forefathers (Volume 1)
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Review on "Rabbi A.Y.Kook. His Personality and Teaching"
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Two thousand years together. Jewish view on Christianity
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Polonsky is an advocate for access to and prayer at the
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In Israel Polonsky together with Machanaim published: a
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Polonsky is active in promoting ideas and concepts of
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2012–2013: Senior Fellow and Assistant Professor at
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