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Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (left) and Ram Dass, born Richard Alpert, in February 2008. (Wikimedia commons/ CC BY-SA 2.0/ Joan Halifax)
June 2, 2023, 5:12 am
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By Cathryn J. Prince
Polyamorous spiritualist Marc Gafni. (GafniMarc/Flikr CC BY-SA 2.0)
December 31, 2015, 8:38 am
US Jewish group spurns ex-rabbi over his sexual behavior
Renewal movement repudiates spiritualist and ‘outrageous lover’ Marc Gafni, accused of forcing himself on a 14-year-old
By JTA
One of Havurat Shalom's younger members helps out with construction of the sukkah, September 2013. (Emily Aviva Kapor/JTA)
August 9, 2014, 9:14 pm
Countercultural spirit lives at iconic 1960s havurah
45 years on, the founders are some of the most influential personalities in liberal Judaism — and the minyan marches on
By Anthony Weiss
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (screen capture: YouTube)
July 7, 2014, 1:48 am
Schachter-Shalomi brought old world gravitas to New Age Judaism
Founder of renewal movement, who died last week, blended Hassidism, progressivism, and traditional Jewish spirituality
By Ben Harris
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (screen capture: YouTube)
July 3, 2014, 11:38 pm
Father of Jewish Renewal movement passes away
The trailblazing Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, 89, broke away from the Chabad community in 1968
By JTA
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