Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

My Life in Jewish Renewal

A Memoir

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Produktbeschreibung

A powerful memoir chronicling the life of one of America’s most celebrated rabbis—from his youth in the shadows of the Nazis through the tumultuous 1960’s in America to his position as a renowned religious leader today. Reflecting Reb Zalman’s warm, endearing personality, this book brings together his dynamic life story for the first time.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 577g
• ISBN-13: 9781442213272
• ISBN-10: 1442213272
• Artikelnr.: 34662895

Autorenporträt

Zalman Schachter-Shalomi was a rabbi and scholar of psychology of religion, the founder of the Jewish Renewal movement, and was widely considered one of the world's foremost authorities on Hasidism and Kabbalah.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
A Visionary Introductionto My Life Quest
Part I: My Boyhood &Youth Before the Holocaust
Chapter 1. Origins
Chapter 2. A Viennese Boyhood
Chapter 3. Austria Under Hitler
Chapter 4. Diamond-Cutting & Hasidim in Antwerp
Chapter 5. French Internment Camps
Chapter 6. Revelations in Marseilles
Chapter 7. Freedom Voyage to America
Chapter 8. Encountering the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe
Chapter 9. The Making of a Chabad Hasid
Part II: Initiating Jewish Restoration in America
Chapter 10. A Fledgling Rabbi: Outreach in New Haven
Chapter 11. Raising the Klippot in Rochester, New York
Chapter 12. A Pulpit of My Own in Fall River, Massachussetts
Chapter 13. Caribbean Travels: Voodoo & Mitzvah Missions
Chapter 14. Widening Horizons: From New Bedford to Boston University
Part III: Planting Seeds of Jewish Renewal
Chapter 15. Jewish Innovation in Manitoba
Chapter 16. Adventures with Catholic Monasticism
Chapter 17. My First Trip to the Holy Land
Chapter 18. Qumran, USA: My Plan for Jewish Communality
Chapter 19. Hasidic Counseling: New Explorations
Chapter 20. Psychedelics with Timothy Leary
Chapter 21. My Friend Thomas Merton and the Ecumenical Quest
Chapter 22. Walks with Abraham Maslow
Chapter 23. Abraham Joshua Heschel: My Mentor & Friend
Chapter 24. Leaving Chabad: The Fallout from My Washington, DC Lecture
Chapter 25. The San Francisco Counter-Culture and Neo-Hasidism
Chapter 26. Relocating to Philadelphia
Chapter 27. Epilogue: Whither Jewish Renewal?
Appendix: Brief Reminiscences
A. Gerald Heard, My "Irish Rebbe"
B. Rabbi Heschel Matt
C. Breakthroughs in Milwaukee
D. The Dalai Lama
E. My Unfulfilled Projects
Glossary
Related Books by the Authors
Index
About the Authors