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Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi: Interreligious Pioneer
January 12, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm MST
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A virtual event presented by Rabbi Or Rose
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ABOUT THIS EVENT: Trained as a HaBaD-Lubavitch rabbis in the 1940s, Zalman Schachter-Shalomi soon began a wide-ranging exploration of other religious and humanistic traditions Over the next several decades this brought him into close contact with such luminaries as Howard Thurman, Thomas Merton, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In this interactive presentation, we will examine Reb Zalman’s (a more informal title he preferred) pioneering and idiosyncratic interreligious journey and the spiritual and ethical principles that emerged from these experiments in dialogue. We will also ask how his legacy might contribute to our own understandings of our Jewish identities in relation to the religious other.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Rabbi Or Rose is the founding Director of the Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership of Hebrew College.
Before assuming this position in 2016, he worked in various administrative and teaching capacities at Hebrew College for over a decade, including serving as a founding faculty member and Associate Dean of the Rabbinical School. Rabbi Rose was also one of the creators of CIRCLE, The Center for Interreligious & Community Leadership Education, cosponsored by Hebrew College and Andover Newton Theological School (2007-2017).
In addition to his work at Hebrew College, Rabbi Rose has taught for the Bronfman Youth Fellowships, The Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Me’ah, and in a variety of other academic, religious, and civic contexts throughout North America and in Israel.
A prolific author and editor, his recent publications include: Words To Live By: Sacred Sources for Interreligious Engagement (co-editor, Orbis) and Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi: Essential Teachings (co-editor, Orbis). Rabbi Rose is also the creator of the weekly scriptural commentary series 70 Faces of Torah, curator of the web-based project PsalmSeason, and co-publisher of the Journal of Interreligious Studies.
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