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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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Making Prayer Real: Leading Jewish Spiritual Voices on Why Prayer Is Difficult and What to Do about It

Join over fifty Jewish spiritual leaders from all denominations in a candid conversation about the why and how of prayer: how prayer changes us and how to discern a response from God.

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Mike Comins
2010
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Ahimsa "Do No Harm" | Rabbi Lawrence Kushner | 2016 Festival of Faiths

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Lawrence Kushner
2016
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Lawrence Kushner: The Source of Consciousness (Excerpt) — Thinking Allowed DVD W/ Jeffrey Mishlove

Rabbi Lawrence Kushner suggests that all religious traditions point humanity toward the goal of unity with God. He suggests that the connections between people transcend death and help us to face both life and death.

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Lawrence Kushner
2010
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2016 Sacred Practice: Kabbalah Practice with Rabbi Lawrence Kushner

Rabbi Kushner will provide a brief introduction to the Jewish mystical tradition of Kabbalah and teach some basic practices. God manifests His Goodness, Power, and Mercy in multiple levels of creative emanations. The Kabbalah expresses the inner, esoteric, metaphysical meaning of reality

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Lawrence Kushner
2016
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Parshat Bereshit with Rabbi Lawrence Kushner: Kabbalistic Questions on Creation in the Torah

Rabbi Lawrence Kushner asks some mystical questions about the creation of the world in the year's first Torah portion! Take a trippy voyage through Kabbalah and Torah with a Star Wars-tinged style.

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Lawrence Kushner
2009
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I'm God; You're Not: Observations on Organized Religion & Other Disguises of the Ego

Tapping the experiences and wisdom of his career as a spiritual leader, Lawrence Kushner delights, surprises, challenges and inspires us. With his signature candor, wit and compassion, he helps us reconnect with the why and how of our spiritual lives.

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Rabbi Lawrence Kushner
2010
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