Yosef Reinman
{{short description|American rabbi and author}}
Yaakov Yosef Reinman is an American Orthodox rabbi and writer, historian, and scholar. His monographs and articles have appeared in many Jewish periodicals and his study of Talmudic contractual law is a text used in yeshivas throughout the world. In authoring his Ruach Ami series, he writes under the pen name Avner Gold.
Reinman is the author of the sefer Shufra Dishtara, an analytical study of the philosophy of Talmudic contractual law, which is utilized as a text in yeshiva studies. He also co-authored the book One People, Two Worlds: A Reform rabbi and an Orthodox rabbi explore the issues that divide them with Reform Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=offFN-Bhl6EC&q=ammiel+hirsch |title=One People, Two Worlds: A Reform rabbi and an Orthodox rabbi explore the issues that divide them |last1=Hirsch |first1=Ammiel |last2=Reisman |first2=Yaakov Yosef |publisher=Schocken Books |year=2003 |isbn=0-8052-1140-3}} A fluent speaker of several languages, Reinman has also become known as a translator for ancient Jewish texts into English.
He is a descendant of the Narol Hasidic dynasty. His first wife was the former Shlomtze Rubin of Brooklyn. He lives in Lakewood NJ with his wife Zvia, formerly of Los Angeles.
Reinman lives in Lakewood Township, New Jersey.Staff. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/nj_corruption_arrests_strike_c.html "N.J. corruption arrests strike core of Deal's Syrian Jewish community"], The Star-Ledger, July 23, 2009. Accessed February 10, 2011. "'These are only allegations. All these people are innocent until proven guilty,' said Yosef Reinman, a rabbi and author in Lakewood's sizable Orthodox Jewish community, which is less than 20 miles from Deal."
''Ruach Ami'' series
In authoring the Ruach Ami series of historical novels, Reinman uses the pen name Avner Gold.
The Ruach Ami series focuses on the plight of the Jewish people of Europe during the middle 17th century. Although the central characters mostly hail from Poland, the series detours to many other European countries including Turkey, Spain, Austria, France, the Netherlands and the Germanic states.
There are 12 books in the Ruach Ami series.
Book collaboration
In 2000{{cite web |url=http://www.randomhouse.ca/author/results.pperl?authorid=36647 |title=Author Spotlight: Ammiel Hirsch |publisher=Random House |year=2009 |access-date=2 April 2011 |archive-date=8 July 2007 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070708144417/http://www.randomhouse.ca/author/results.pperl?authorid=36647 |url-status=dead }} a literary agent introduced Rabbi Reinman to Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, a Reform rabbi and executive director of the Association of Reform Zionists of America (ARZA),{{cite web|url=http://www.swfs.org/rabbi-ammiel-hirsch/ |title=Our Clergy: Ammiel Hirsch, Senior Rabbi |publisher=Stephen Wise Free Synagogue |access-date=2 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415112342/http://www.swfs.org/rabbi-ammiel-hirsch/ |archive-date=April 15, 2011 }} with the idea of collaborating on a book airing the Orthodox and Reform viewpoints on various issues. Their email correspondence over the next 18 months resulted in the book One People, Two Worlds: A Reform rabbi and an Orthodox rabbi explore the issues that divide them.{{cite web |url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/arts/books/agreeing_disagree |title=Agreeing to Disagree |last=Brawarsky |first=Sandee |date=11 October 2002 |access-date=2 April 2011 |work=The Jewish Week |archive-date=21 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021113905/http://www.thejewishweek.com/arts/books/agreeing_disagree |url-status=dead }} The book was hailed by the religious left as a breakthrough in Orthodox recognition of religious pluralism, while generating criticism in Orthodox circles for Reinman's willingness to conduct an official rabbinic dialogue with Reform.{{cite journal|url=http://www.ou.org/publications/ja/5763/5763spring/BOOKREVI.PDF |title=Book: 'One People, Two Worlds' By Ammiel Hirsch and Yosef Reinman |last=Adlerstein |first=Yitzchok |publisher=Orthodox Union|journal=Jewish Action |date=Spring 2003}} The book was denounced by the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Agudath Israel of America{{cite web |url=https://www.jewishpress.com/pageroute.do/14409 |date=6 December 2002 |title=A Proposed Addition to the Agudah Convention Agenda |work=The Jewish Press |access-date=2 April 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and the heads of Beth Medrash Govoha, Lakewood, New Jersey, where Reinman received his rabbinic ordination.{{cite web |url=http://www.acjna.org/acjna/articles_detail.aspx?id=278 |title=Orthodox Pressure Causes Rabbi to Pull Out of Book Tour; British Chief Rabbi Changes Book Called "Heresy" |last=Brownfeld |first=Allan C. |date=March–April 2003 |publisher=American Council for Judaism |access-date=2 April 2011}} Reinman subsequently pulled out of a 14-city promotional tour after two appearances, leaving Hirsch to continue the tour on his own.{{cite web |url=http://www.jlaw.com/Commentary/dontjudge.html |title=Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover |last=Reinman |first=Yosef |publisher=Jewish Law |access-date=2 April 2011|year=2003}}{{cite web |url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/19371/reform-haredi-collaboration-ends-in-bitter-brouhaha/ |title=Reform-Haredi Collaboration Ends in Bitter Brouhaha |last=Pine |first=Dan |date=21 February 2003 |publisher=jweekly.com|access-date=2 April 2011}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.shemayisrael.co.il/orgs/baiskaila/html/avner_gold_s__________the_promised_child.html The Promised Child online]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090531122622/http://blog.artscroll.com/2008/08/12/author-interview-after-20-years-the-return-of-avner-gold/ Ruach Ami Series returns- Artscroll]
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