Chaim Navon

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Rabbi
Chaim Navon
חיים נבון‎
Rabbi Chaim Navon
TitleIsraeli rabbi, thinker, writer, and publicist
Personal
Born (1973-06-25) 25 June 1973 (age 50)
Ramat Gan
ReligionJudaism
DenominationReligious Zionism, Orthodox

Chaim Navon (Hebrew: חיים נבון ; born June 25, 1973) is an Israeli rabbi, philosopher, writer, and publicist.

Biography[edit]

Chaim Navon was born in Ramat Gan and grew up in Elkana. From 1992 to 2004, Navon studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion.[1] He received his Semicha (rabbinic ordination) from Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein and the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. In 2004, he graduated from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem with a degree in Jewish philosophy. Navon lives in Modi'in,[2] where he led a local congregation.[3]

Pedagogic, rabbinic and media career[edit]

Navon teaches Jewish philosophy, bible, Talmud, and Halakha (Jewish law) in at Yeshivat Har Etzion,[1] Midreshet Lindenbaum,[4] the Midrasha of Bar Ilan University[5] and the Nishmat Center for Advanced Torah Study for Women.[6][7]

Navon is a member of Tzohar, an organization that seeks to bridge the gaps between religious and secular Jews in Israel.[8]

Navon is a frequent lecturer[9] and writes a weekly column for Makor Rishon,[10] which is identified with Israel's Religious Zionist[11] community.

Navon has edited and translated books by Aharon Lichtenstein[12] and Joseph B. Soloveitchik.

Navon hosts the podcast "One Might Think" (Efshar Lakhshov), which deals with religion, conservatism and public policy. His guests on the podcast have included Israeli Supreme Court justice Noam Sohlberg and journalist Sivan Rahav-Meir.

Views and opinions[edit]

Navon believes that religious Zionism no longer has a single, unifying center of gravity and is facing dramatic processes of ideological change.[6] He describes Haredi society as a "victim of its own success. The social and ideological structure that unprecedentedly magnified a small group of several hundred families and created a dizzying success story can no longer maintain tens of thousands of families. The question is how to translate Haredi success into a new communal structure, which will no longer take the form of a closed religious order."[13] Navon is critical of the phenomenon of "political correctness" and seeks an alternative based on Jewish values.[14] He laments the loss of desire to mirror the religious behavior of one's grandparents, attributing it to an absence of religious self–confidence. He critiques both liberals trying to change religious practice and reactionaries seeking greater stringency.[15]

Published works[edit]

Navon is the author of 3 novels and 13 non-fiction books Jewish religious thought.

  • "The Good Fence: Meaning of Halacha Nowadays", Yedioth Sfarim, 2011, Tel Aviv
  • "Parashot", Maaliyot, 2005, Ma'ale Adumim[16]
  • "Caught in the Thicket: Introduction to the thought of Rav J.B. Soloveitchik", Maaliyot, 2006, Ma'ale Adumim[17]
  • "831", Yedioth Books, 2010, Tel Aviv
  • "A Bridge for Jacob's Daughters: Women in Judaism – Past and Future", Yedioth Books, 2011, Tel Aviv
  • "Genesis and Jewish Thought", KTAV Publishing House, New Jersey 2008[18]
  • "Eve Did Not Eat an Apple:101 common mistakes about Judaism", Yedioth Books, 2012, Tel Aviv
  • "Walking on Fish", Yedioth Books, 2013, Tel Aviv
  • "Tayku: 101 Great Jewish Controversies", Yedioth Books, 2014, Tel Aviv[19]
  • "Jewish Laws of Blessings", Yedioth Books, 2015, Tel Aviv
  • "Homework: Rav Soloveitchik on Partnership, Sexuality and Family Today", Yedioth Books, 2016, Tel Aviv
  • "Striking Roots: Jewish Criticism on Postmodern Deconstruction", Yedioth Books, 2018, Tel Aviv[9][20]
  • "Incorrect: A Jewish Alternative to Political Correctness", Yedioth Books, 2022, Tel Aviv[21][9][22]
  • "Small State to a Great Nation", Yedioth Books, 2021, Tel Aviv[23]
  • "Freedom Is", Yedioth Books, 2019, Tel Aviv[24]
  • "Close Fight",Yedioth Books, 2023, Tel Aviv

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b About Chaim Navon on Yeshivat Har Etzion's website
  2. ^ Perlstien, Tamar (24 October 2019). "נטול ווטסאפ: סל תרבות עם הרב חיים נבון". Makor Rishon (in Hebrew).
  3. ^ Yanover, Yori (8 February 2012). "New Moderate Rabbis' Forum an Answer to Religious Extremism". jewishpress.com.
  4. ^ Transgender Jews Attempt to Reconcile Identity, Religion, Haaretz
  5. ^ Navon, Chaim (4 April 2022). "The Passover Seder". Bar Ilan University.
  6. ^ a b Golan, Avirama (31 December 2014). "A national religious voice of reason". madan.org.il.
  7. ^ Golan, Avirama (31 December 2014). "A national religious voice of reason". Haaretz.
  8. ^ New Knesset ‘Tzohar Law’ to Curtail Chief Rabbinate’s Control on Weddings Passes First Reading
  9. ^ a b c Tesler, Izik (13 June 202). "החלופה היהודית לתקינות הפוליטית: "חז"ל התגברו על עבדות ופוליגמיה בלי להרוס את החברה"". Ynet.
  10. ^ "Chaim Navon's writer page". Makor Rishon.
  11. ^ Kelner, Gil (25 March 2012). "הרב חיים נבון: כמה זמן אני רואה טלויזיה? לא עסקכם!". Srugim (in Hebrew).
  12. ^ Reflections on Rav Aharon Lichtenstein’s Sixth Yahrtzeit
  13. ^ The Morning After Ideologies
  14. ^ החלופה היהודית לתקינות הפוליטית: "חז"ל התגברו על עבדות ופוליגמיה בלי להרוס את החברה"
  15. ^ Alt+SHIFT: Striking Roots
  16. ^ Hacohen, Aviad (15 July 2005). "Slices of Life". Haaretz. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  17. ^ Brofsky, Mali (Winter 2008). "Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought – Book review". JSTOR. 41 (4). Rabbinical Council of America: 99–104. JSTOR 23263923.
  18. ^ "GENESIS AND JEWISH THOUGHT". KTAV Publishing House.
  19. ^ Zoldan, David (19 November 2014). "התיקו התלמודי: כשהיהודים ידעו איך להתווכח". Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  20. ^ Yifrach, Oren (1 February 2018). ""Striking roots" – Book Review by Oren Yifrach". Mida (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2022-08-15.
  21. ^ Cohen, Shimon (19 June 2022). "כך טירללה התקינות הפוליטית את כולנו". Arutz Sheva (in Hebrew).
  22. ^ Cohen, Asher (26 May 2022). ""Incorrect" – Book Review by Professor Asher Cohen". Mida (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2022-08-15.
  23. ^ Shalev, Alon. "מדינה קטנה לעם גדול – יותר יהודית, פחות כופה: הצעה למדינה יהודית רזה / חיים נבון". hashiloach.org.il (in Hebrew).
  24. ^ Lax, Ofra; Dukov, Gideon (12 September 2019). "Free and unhappy". Arutz Sheva (in Hebrew).

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