Lecture: "Radical Ecuminism"- What all Spiritual Paths Have in Common -
(A connection to ancestors, animism, and a sense of divine purpose for all Creation.)
By Rabbi David Zaslow
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Presentation Description:
For decades now interfaith dialogue means having a panel of scholars and religious leaders sitting together and sharing what is good about each of their faiths. Rabbi David's rebbe, Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, offers an approach appropriate for the emerging paradigm. The approach is called "radical ecumenism." It requires members of faith traditions to honestly access their own religions and acknowledge where they need help, rescue, support, and aid from practitioners of another faith. For example, can the Jewish people be of help to Tibetan Buddhists who have been exiled from their own nation? Do Buddhists have a special message and techniques for Christians, Muslims, and Jews?
Join us as Rabbi David shares dozens of unusual, humorous, and inspiring anecdotes of some of the forms of radical ecumenical contact that he has been involved with over the past decade.
Presenter's Biography:
Rabbi David Zaslow was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1947. He was ordained in 1995 by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi under the supervision and mentorship of Rabbi Aryeh Hirschfeld. In 2003 he completed his term as a Spiritual Advisor to ALEPH, the umbrella organization of the Jewish Renewal movement. Before his ordination he served as a rabbinic intern for the Jewish communities Crescent City, CA, Bend, OR, and Redding, CA.
During his years as a poet-in-the-schools for the southern Oregon region, David Zaslow wrote and edited more than a dozen of books of poetry as well as two albums of children's music for publishers like Good Apple; Harcourt Brace Javanovich; and Scott Foresman. In the late 1970s David, along with partner Steve Sacks, co-created what became the Peter Britt Jazz Festival by bringing jazz legends like Dave Brubeck, Count Basie, Dizzie Gillespie, Woodie Herman, and dozens of other jazz greats to southern Oregon for the first time. Along with poet Lawson Inada, in 1988 he was awarded an American Book Award for educational materials for a project he co-produced featuring Steve Allen and Jayne Meadows to music composed by Patti McCoy.
Rabbi David also teaches Bible and spirituality in classes at Southern Oregon University's Elderhostel program, and leads Shabbaton weekends and retreats for Jewish Renewal communities throughout the United States. Today Rabbi David is completing a series of books that he has been working on for many years: on Jewish meditation & Kabbalah; interfaith relations with Christianity; on the poetry of the Tenakh (Bible); and a collection of his own poetry.
Rabbi David Zaslow can be reached by phone, (541) 488-0772 or e-mail, shalomrav@aol.com.
Website:
http://www.havurahshirhadash.org/rabbisdesk.html
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