The Growth of Mir Yeshiva and its Increasing Influence on the Torah World. Mir Flees Poland and Then Returns. Impact of WW I. Mussar Movement. American Jews Support Mir Yeshiva. German Orthodoxy. Brisk. Some of the Great Graduates of Mir Yeshiva. - Nov 11, 2024 - The three periods in the development of Mir Yeshiva (MY): 1815 to WW I, WW I to 1921, and 1921 onward. Reform Judaism's impact on MY was that teaching must no longer be desultory. R' Eliezer Yehuda Finkel transforms MY. MY forced to move away from the war to Ukraine. MY can't function under Communism therefore it returned to Poland. Why Communism and religion cannot coexist. R' Avraham Tzvi Kamai had bekiyut and general knowledge vs. R' Eliezer Yehuda Finkel who had great chidushim. Pulmus HaMussar book. Three reasons for opposition to Mussar Movement pre WW I. Three reasons for a significant drop in opposition post WW I. R' Yerucham Levovitz, as Mashgiach, "put Mir on the map". R' Chanoch Fishman. US Jewry post-WW I played a vital role supporting both MY in particular and the Jews of E. Europe in general. JDC-The Joint. The 1924 visit of three rabbis to US. Why students from Germany studied in MY post WW I. Synthesis of R' Hirsch and the Torah of E. Europe. Effect of German students and US students studying in MY. The bekiyut drive. R' Yechezkel Levenstein. Bidirectional impact of Brisk and MY on each other. Brisker Rav. Some of the great graduates of MY. Alexander's store in NYC.
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