A Passion for Truth

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It is comparatively easy to preach joy and

fervor, but to demand Truth is like shaping marble without

tools. And so [the Kotzker] went looking for a few surging

people and called loudly upon their souls to bend their conceit

and see the Truth beneath the soil….

This was not a philosophical inquiry into

the nature of Truth but a scrutiny of men’s lives in

relation to Truth. Religion, the Kotzker maintained, was not

simply an act of adopting a system of beliefs and certain modes

of conduct; test and trial were needed, and one had to

ascertain through introspection whether one’s beliefs

were genuine or not, and whether one acted out Truth or lived a

life of pretense….

Kierkegaard made it his task to

reintroduce Christianity into Christendom. The Kotzker

sought to reintroduce authenticity to Jewish life.

Kierkegaard’s posthumous impact has been powerful. But

has the Kotzker affected Jewish self-understanding?

-from A Passion for Truth