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My Life in Jewish Renewal
A Memoir
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2012
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This powerful memoir chronicles the life of one of America’s most celebrated rabbis—Rabbi Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi, or “Reb Zalman” as he is fondly known to friends and followers. The book traces his life from a youth in the shadow of the Nazis through the tumultuous 1960s in America to his position as a renowned religious leader today.
Often controversial for his attraction to cultural mavericks and religious rebels, Reb Zalman’s colorful lifetime includes a striking cast of characters across faith traditions, including Timothy Leary, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Thomas Merton, the Dalai Lama, and more. The book traces Reb Zalman’s work creating the vibrant Jewish Renewal movement that emphasizes spiritual experience and continues to touch Jews around the world today. Reb Zalman often illustrates his talks with anecdotes from his life, and My Life in Jewish Renewal brings together the life story of this beloved leader for the first time.
Reb Zalman often illustrates his talks with stories from his life, and My Life in Jewish Renewal brings together the complete life story of this beloved leader for the first time.
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Copyright year
2012
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-1327-2
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-1329-6
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
232
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Contents No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
A Visionary Introduction to My Life Quest No access Pages 1 - 4
Chapter 1: Origins No access
Chapter 2: A Viennese Boyhood No access
Chapter 3: Austria under Hitler No access
Chapter 4: Diamond Cutting and Hasidism in Antwerp No access
Chapter 5: French Internment Camps No access
Chapter 6: Revelations at Marseille No access
Chapter 7: Freedom Voyage to America No access
Chapter 8: Encountering the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe No access
Chapter 9: The Making of a Chabad Hasid No access
Chapter 10: A Fledgling Rabbi: Hasidic Outreach in New Haven No access
Chapter 11: Raising the Klippot in Rochester, New York No access
Chapter 12: A Pulpit of My Own: Fall River, Massachusetts No access
Chapter 13: Caribbean Travels: Voodoo and Mitzvah Missions No access
Chapter 14: Widening Horizons: From New Bedford to Boston University No access
Chapter 15: Jewish Innovation in Manitoba No access
Chapter 16: Adventures with Catholic Monasticism No access
Chapter 17: My First Trip to the Holy Land No access
Chapter 18: Qumran, USA: Jewish Community No access
Chapter 19: Hasidic Counseling: New Explorations No access
Chapter 20: Psychedelics with Timothy Leary No access
Chapter 21: My Friend Thomas Merton and the Ecumenical Quest No access
Chapter 22: Walks with Abraham Maslow No access
Chapter 23: Abraham Joshua Heschel: Mentor and Friend No access
Chapter 24: Leaving Chabad: The Fallout from My Washington, D.C., Lecture No access
Chapter 25: The San Francisco Counterculture and Neo-Hasidism No access
Chapter 26: Relocating to Philadelphia No access
Chapter 27: Epilogue: Whither Jewish Renewal? No access
Appendixes: Brief Reminiscences No access Pages 187 - 188
Appendix A: Gerald Heard, My Irish Rebbe No access Pages 189 - 192
Appendix B: Rabbi Hershel Matt No access Pages 193 - 194
Appendix C: Breakthroughs in Milwaukee No access Pages 195 - 196
Appendix D: The Dalai Lama No access Pages 197 - 198
Appendix E: My Unfulfilled Projects No access Pages 199 - 204
Glossary No access Pages 205 - 212
Related Books by the Authors No access Pages 213 - 216
