Sixty years ago, in 1964, the issue that shook and divided a large segment of Anglo-Jewry and  the middle-of-the-road orthodox United Synagogue was known as the Jacobs affair.  It pitted the Chief Rabbi, Dr. Israel Brodie, against the young and influential Rabbi and writer, Dr. Louis Jacobs, and it pitted the old, patrician leadership of … Continue reading The Jacobs Affair – Statement by Chief Rabbi Dr. Israel Brodie, May 1964. →