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Lawrence Kushner



Lawrence Kushner is an American Reform rabbi and scholar-in-residence at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, California. He has authored numerous books and has made the occasional foray into movie acting. His focus is mainly on Jewish spirituality and mysticism.

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The Monk and the Rabbi — Mysticism & the Peak Experience

From LUNCH WITH BOKARA, Bokara Legendre talks with Brother David Steindl-Rast and Rabbi Lawrence Kushner about mysticism and how peak experiences and religion factor in. This segment focuses on Br. David's contributions to their conversation.

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Jewish Spirituality: A Brief Introduction for Christians

Jewish spirituality is an approach to life that encourages us to become aware of God's presence and purpose, even in unlikely places. “This world and everything in it is a manifestation of God’s presence,” says Rabbi Lawrence Kushner.

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Lawrence Kushner - A Mystical God - Program 4911

Writer and teacher, Rabbi Lawrence Kushner, Scholar in Residence at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, California, says for Jewish mystics, the experience of the Divine is not so much a divinity above creation, running it from afar, but a God who is the holy Oneness of All Being – the One...

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FindCenter Quotes ImageSo that’s what it’s all about! You put your whole self in, you take your whole self out; you put your whole self in and you shake it all about. The idea is that by doing whatever you’re doing with all of you, you can then take all of you out. The trick is how to do both.

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Conversation with Lawrence Kushner - Program 4515

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The Book of Miracles: A Young Person's Guide to Jewish Spiritual Awareness

From the miracle at the Red Sea to the miracle of waking up this morning, this intriguing book introduces young people to a way of spiritual thinking to last a lifetime.

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Conversation with Lawrence Kushner - Program 4911

Hosts Delle Chatman and Daniel Pawlus in conversation with Rabbi Larry Kushner, who says that everyone has mystical experiences – not necessarily where the roof flies off the building and you hear the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing the "Hallelujah" chorus, but more like quickie moments where,...

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Invisible Lines of Connection: Sacred Stories of the Ordinary

Through his everyday encounters with family, friends, colleagues and strangers, Kushner takes us deeply into our lives, finding flashes of spiritual insight in the process.

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Rabbi Looks for Laughs with (Fictional) ‘Kosher’ Porn

Author and Reform leader Lawrence Kushner examines the connection between sex and spirituality in his first film, a risque rabbinical comedy

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God Was in This Place & I, I Did Not Know (25th Anniversary Edition)

In a daring blend of scholarship and imagination, psychology and history, Lawrence Kushner gathers an inspiring range of interpretations of Genesis 28:16 given by sages, from Shmuel bar Nachmani in third-century Palestine to Hannah Rachel Werbermacher of Ludomir who lived in Poland two hundred...

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