Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
American rabbi, founder of Jewish Renewal, and interfaith pioneer
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi was an American rabbi and a founder of the Jewish Renewal movement.[1] He is considered one of the most significant Jewish spiritual leaders of the 20th and 21st centuries.[2] Meshullam Zalman Ha-Kohen Schachter was born on August 17, 1924 in Zholkiev, Poland, and died on July 3, 2014 in Boulder, Colorado.[2][3][4]
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Meshullam Zalman Schachter
- Born
- 17 August 1924
- Birthplace
- Żółkiew, Poland (later Zhovkva, Ukraine)
- Died
- 3 July 2014
- Place of death
- Boulder, Colorado, United States
- Occupation
- Rabbi, teacher
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
He received rabbinic ordination from the Central Lubavitch Yeshiva in Brooklyn in 1947.[2] In 1948, he was sent by the Lubavitcher Rebbe to speak on college campuses.[5] Following the Nazi annexation of Austria in 1938, his family fled through Belgium, France, North Africa, and the Caribbean, was interned under the Vichy government in France, and finally reached New York City in 1941.[2][6]
What the cited sources add
The same article states he received a master's in the psychology of religion from Boston University.[4] The Kol Aleph announcement reports he earned a doctorate from Hebrew Union College.[7] The Winnipeg Jewish Renewal Oral History Collection documents his formative years living in Winnipeg from 1956 to 1975.[8] The Kol Aleph source states he was widely considered the "Zaide" (grandfather) of the Havurah movement.[7]
The same source notes his last book, Psalms in a Translation for Praying, was released in 2014.[7] The Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi Papers at the University of Colorado describe him as a Holocaust survivor who established the Jewish Renewal and Spiritual Eldering movements.[2] A 2014 Boston Globe article states that his exposure to LSD under Leary's tutelage helped him develop some of his innovations to contemporary Jewish practice.[4]
References
- Wikipedia, "Zalman Schachter-Shalomi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Vitello, "Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Jewish Pioneer, Dies at 89", The New York Times, July 8, 2014; "Reb Zalman z"l (1924–2014)", Kol Aleph, July 3, 2014; "A Biography of Zalman Schachter-Shalomi", Innovations in Jewish Life Collections, 17 August 1924; Mayse, "Renewal and Redemption: Spirituality, Law, and Religious Praxis in the Writings of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi", The Journal of Religion, 1 October 2021, p. 455–504; Netanel Miles-Yepez, "Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Father of Jewish Renewal, Dies at 89", Huffington en.wikipedia.org
- https://www.colorado.edu/innovationsinjewishlifecollections/collections/zalman-m-schachter-shalomi-papers#accordion-460839798-1. facts only, no text reused. colorado.edu
- Treiman, "Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Jewish Renewal Pioneer, Dead at 89", Jewish Telegraphic Agency, July 3, 2014. facts only, no text reused. jta.org
- "Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Jewish pioneer, dies at 89", The Boston Globe, July 16, 2014. facts only, no text reused. bostonglobe.com
- Wikipedia, "Zalman Schachter-Shalomi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Magid, "Another Side of the Lubavitcher Rebbe", Tablet Magazine, July 3, 2019 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Zalman Schachter-Shalomi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: https://www.colorado.edu/innovationsinjewishlifecollections/collections/zalman-m-schachter-shalomi-papers#accordion-460839798-1; Bush, "August 28: Reb Zalman", jewishcurrents.org; https://www.colorado.edu/innovationsinjewishlifecollections/collections/zalman-m-schachter-shalomi-papers#accordion-460839798-1 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "Reb Zalman z"l (1924–2014)", Kol Aleph, July 3, 2014. facts only, no text reused. kolaleph.org
- "Winnipeg Jewish Renewal Oral History Collection", Post-Holocaust American Judaism Collections, February 20, 2017. facts only, no text reused. colorado.edu
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