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Eliezer Goldman and Judaism without Illusion

It is somewhat surprising that the theological and philosophical works of Eliezer Goldman are practically unknown in the American Jewish community, as he was a product of that community. Goldman was born in 1918 in Brooklyn, New York, to Eastern European refugee parents and attended Yeshiva College studying under Rabbi Moshe Soloveitchik and Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik, whose philosophy courses he also attended. The study of Talmud and in particular the Brisker methodology remained a lifelong passion and he wrote ‘‘Until I started to learn in Yeshiva I was interested in all disciplines but then things changed because I realized that the intellectual challenge of learning Talmud is immeasurable greater than general studies.’’ Immediately after graduating Yeshiva he made aliyah and eventually became one of the founders of Kibbutz Sdeh Eliyahu where he remained a chaver (member) until his death in 2002. His decision to join the kibbutz was in his own words, ‘‘an opportunity to fulfill the dream of a Jewish religious socialist. The impetus of aliyah came from the desire to build a Jewish socialist society based on Jewish sources.’’ He remained a committed kibbutznik his whole life and was one of the last great kibbutz intellectuals of the twentieth century. In the early days of the Kibbutz he taught four different Torah classes every Shabbat. He worked in the fields and also taught in the local secondary schools before completing a doctorate in philosophy, eventually becoming a professor at Bar-Ilan University. The values of the kibbutz and of selfsacrifice in general, and commitment to a just society remained dear to him throughout his life. In a poignant letter to his daughter upon a visit to America, he wrote summarizing the two great projects of his life,