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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Jewish TheologyTable of contents
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- A Visionary Introduction to My Life Quest
- Part I: My Boyhood and Youth before the Holocaust
- Chapter 1: Origins
- Chapter 2: A Viennese Boyhood
- Chapter 3: Austria under Hitler
- Chapter 4: Diamond Cutting and Hasidism in Antwerp
- Chapter 5: French Internment Camps
- Chapter 6: Revelations at Marseille
- 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: Hasidic Outreach in New Haven
- Chapter 11: Raising the Klippot in Rochester, New York
- Chapter 12: A Pulpit of My Own: Fall River, Massachusetts
- Chapter 13: Caribbean Travels: Voodoo and 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: Jewish Community
- 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: Mentor and Friend
- Chapter 24: Leaving Chabad: The Fallout from My Washington, D.C., Lecture
- Chapter 25: The San Francisco Counterculture and Neo-Hasidism
- Chapter 26: Relocating to Philadelphia
- Chapter 27: Epilogue: Whither Jewish Renewal?
- Appendixes: Brief Reminiscences
- Appendix A: Gerald Heard, My Irish Rebbe
- Appendix B: Rabbi Hershel Matt
- Appendix C: Breakthroughs in Milwaukee
- Appendix D: The Dalai Lama
- Appendix E: My Unfulfilled Projects
- Glossary
- Related Books by the Authors
- About the Authors
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