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Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Jewish Pioneer, Dies at 89

By Paul Vitello — 2014

Reb Zalman's exposure to Eastern religion, medieval Christian mysticism and LSD—he had the first of a handful of hallucinogenic experiences in 1962, under Leary’s tutelage—helped him formulate some of the innovations he brought to contemporary Jewish practice.

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For Our Faith to Grow, We Must Celebrate its Roots in Nature

When our ancestors received the Torah, they stood at a mountain. When we celebrate receiving the Torah on Shavuot, we will stand in the pews. They looked at the sky; we will look at the ceiling. They were warmed by the sun; we will be cooled by the air conditioning. I am a rabbi in a synagogue.

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David Wolpe
2017
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Who Was Moses?

Moses is the most important Jewish prophet. He’s traditionally credited with writing the Torah and with leading the Israelites out of Egypt and across the Red Sea. In the book of Exodus, he’s born during a time when the Pharaoh of Egypt has ordered every male Hebrew to be drowned.

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Dara Lind
2021
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The Bible Without Jesus? How Two Faiths Can Read the Same Text in Dissonant Ways

Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Brettler parse opposing interpretations Jews and Christians have of the same Bible, and make the argument that religion doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game

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Rich Tenorio
2020
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Is There a Jewish Afterlife?

Judaism is famously ambiguous about what happens when we die.

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MJL
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‘There’s no one right way to kohenet’: The Hebrew priestess movement aims to center women’s voices

If the idea of a Hebrew priestess seems radical, it may not be for long. Rachel Kann is one of nearly 100 graduates of the Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Institute who are seeking to reclaim ancient Jewish forms of female spiritual leadership while pushing the edges of theology and religious practice.

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Esther D. Kustanowitz
2021
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Jewish Renewal

A growing movement within American Judaism recalls the tendency in most faiths for worshippers over the years to move back and forth between the head and the heart — theology and doctrine on one side, spiritual fervor on the other.

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PBS.org
2005
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What Was Albert Einstein’s True Relationship to Judaism—and Zionism?

By speaking out against anti-Semitism and lending his brand to institutions like the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Einstein became a standard-bearer for the Diaspora.

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Paul Berger
2015
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The Kitchen: A New Take on Jewish Practice

The idea to create something that filled a gap, that met needs that weren’t being met.

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Emma Silvers
2011
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Beyond Jewish Triumphalism

Patheos spoke to Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi recently on how he sees the evolution of Judaism over the past one hundred years and what he foresees for the next one hundred years.

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Patheos
2010
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‘I’ve Spent My Life Studying These Books That Say Decency Actually Matters’

Progressive clergy are pushing a new movement that’s unapologetically political—and deeply rooted in textual traditions.

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Emma Green
2017
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