Podcasts about rabbi arthur waskow

Overworking has become a cultural norm in Rabbi Arthur Waskow's opinion. Waskow's coalition “Free Time/Free People” is spearheaded by members of various faiths, and insists that a workable culture must actually work less, and a functional population functions best when there's less to do. . A timely and persuasive philosophy, Waskow and his associates urge […]

Neil Douglas-Klotz—teacher, author, musician, and scholar of Middle Eastern tradition—joins Banyen in conversation on his new book, Revelations of the Aramaic Jesus: The Hidden Teachings on Life and Death. Neil Douglas-Klotz, PhD, is an internationally known scholar in the fields connecting religious studies (comparative Semitic hermeneutics) and psychology as well as a poet and musician. He is the author of Prayers of the Cosmos, Desert Wisdom, The Hidden Gospel, The Little Book of Sufi Stories, Kahlil Gibran's Little Book of Wisdom, and The Genesis Meditations, and coauthor of The Tent of Abraham with Sr. Joan Chittister and Rabbi Arthur Waskow. He is the past chair of the Mysticism Group of the American Academy of Religion and is active in various international colloquia and conferences dedicated to peace and spirituality.

Neil Douglas-Klotz is an internationally known scholar in the fields connecting religious studies (comparative Semitic hermeneutics) and psychology as well as a poet and musician. He is the author of Prayers of the Cosmos, Desert Wisdom, The Hidden Gospel, and The Genesis Meditations as well as coauthor of The Tent of Abraham with Sr. Joan Chittister and Rabbi Arthur Waskow. He is the past chair of the Mysticism Group of the American Academy of Religion and is active in various international colloquia and conferences dedicated to peace and spirituality. Website: abwoon.org Amazon Author's Page, listing all of his books Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group Transcript of this interview Interview recorded November 5, 2022 Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.

Podcast: This week on the show we feature a pre-recorded conversation with Neil Douglas-Klotz about his latest book, Revelations of the Aramaic Jesus – The Hidden Teachings on Life and Death, published by Hampton Roads. Neil Douglas-Klotz, Ph.D. is a renowned writer in the fields of Middle Eastern spirituality and the translation and interpretation of the ancient Semitic languages of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Arabic. He was for many years co-chair of the Mysticism Group of the American Academy of Religion. He currently lives in Scotland. A frequent speaker and workshop leader, he is the author of several books. His books on the Aramaic spirituality of Jesus include Prayers of the Cosmos, The Hidden Gospel, Original Meditation: The Aramaic Jesus and the Spirituality of Creation, and Blessings of the Cosmos. His books on a comparative view of ‘native' Middle Eastern spirituality include Desert Wisdom: A Nomad's Guide to Life's Big Questions and The Tent of Abraham (with Rabbi Arthur Waskow and Sr. Joan Chittister). His books on Sufi spirituality include The Sufi Book of Life: 99 Pathways of the Heart for the Modern Dervish and A Little Book of Sufi Stories. His biographical collections of the works of his Sufi teachers include Sufi Vision and Initiation (Samuel L. Lewis) and Illuminating the Shadow (Moineddin Jablonski). He has also written a mystery novel set in the first century C.E. Holy Land entitled A Murder at Armageddon. He also recently edited five “Little Books” published by Hampton Roads, four devoted to a new selection of the work of Lebanese American writer, poet, and painter Kahlil Gibran, and one dedicated to Wild Wisdom, a collection of early ecological writers and mystics. More information about Neil Douglas-Klotz's work can be found at: The Abwoon Network website: abwoon.org, Dances of Universal Peace website: dancesofuniversalpeace.org, Neil Douglas-Klotz on Facebook: www.facebook.com, Neil Douglas-Klots on The Mystical Positivist: mysticalpositivist.blogspot.com.

Chloë Goodchild in conversation with writer, teacher & artist, Neil Douglas-Klotz, discussing compassion, his upbringing, Dances of Universal Peace, Aramaic, and much more.The VOCE Dialogues offer a simple, accessible in-depth ground for poets, authors, musicians, visual artists, and visionary teachers to share and disseminate their insights about the transformative practice of contemplative, creative and compassionate communication.Neil Douglas-Klotz, Ph.D. is a renowned writer, teacher and artist in the fields of Middle Eastern spirituality and the translation and interpretation of the ancient Semitic languages of Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic. Living in Scotland, he was for many years the co-chair of the Mysticism Group of the American Academy of Religion.A frequent speaker and workshop leader, he is the author of several books. His books on the Aramaic spirituality of Jesus include Prayers of the Cosmos, The Hidden Gospel, Original Meditation: The Aramaic Jesus and the Spirituality of Creation, Blessings of the Cosmos and Revelations of the Aramaic Jesus (2022). His books on a comparative view of ‘native' Middle Eastern spirituality include Desert Wisdom: A Nomad's Guide to Life's Big Questions and The Tent of Abraham (with Rabbi Arthur Waskow and Sr. Joan Chittister). His books on Sufi spirituality include The Sufi Book of Life: 99 Pathways of the Heart for the Modern Dervish and A Little Book of Sufi Stories. He also edited four collections of the work of Middle Eastern mystic Kahlil Gibran. He has written a mystery novel set in the first century C.E. Holy Land entitled A Murder at Armageddon.The words Neil sings in Aramaic during the podcast are from the fifth Beatitude in the gospel of Matthew: Tubwayhun lamrahmane d'layhun nehwun rahme.For more information about  his work, see the website of the Abwoon Network or his Facebook page https://abwoon.org/https://www.facebook.com/AuthorNeilDouglasKlotzChloë Goodchild is an international singer, innovatory educator, author and founder of The Naked Voice (1990) and its UK Charitable Foundation (2004), dedicated to the realization of compassionate communication in all realms of human life. Deafness in childhood catalysed Chloë's deep encounter with her inner self, and began a lifetime's experiential research into the voice as a catalyst for personal evolution and global transformation.https://www.chloegoodchild.com/Support the show

While many gentiles know about the 3 main movements within Judaism (Reform, Conservative, Orthodox) the more contemporary movements of Reconstruction & Jewish Renewal do not get as much ink or members. But they are important none the less. In these 2 episodes I'll discuss them with Rabbi Arthur Waskow. He's a remarkable man, so this is not to be missed. We aired these in 2006.

September, October, and November are traditional harvest celebration months in the Northern Hemisphere from variations on Octoberfests to those around the idea of Thanksgiving. The ancient Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot is celebrated from the full moon on September 20th to September 27th this year, with the Autumnal Equinox occurring on the 22nd. This week on Cultivating Place we enjoy the second of two conversations on the sacred every day and the sacred in the seasonal. We are joined from Philadelphia by Rabbi Arthur Waskow, co-founder of The Shalom Center, which equips activists and spiritual leaders with awareness and skills needed to lead in shaping a transformed and transformative Judaism that can help create a world of peace, justice, healing for the earth, and respect for the interconnectedness of all life. A long-time activist for social and environmental justice, Rabbi Waskow is also the author of Seasons of our Joy, which brings reverent renewal to the ancient agricultural and seasons-based celebrations of the Abrahamic religions. Listen in! Cultivating Place now has a donate button! We thank you so much for listening over the years and we hope you'll support Cultivating Place. We can't thank you enough for making it possible for this young program to grow even more of these types of conversations. The show is available as a podcast on SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Podcast, and Stitcher. To read more and for many more photos please visit www.cultivatingplace.com.

In this episode, Steven J. Gold shares fascinating ideas like; Avraham sending his children to the East with gifts that became the Vedic teachings Connections between the beginning of our Torah (Beresheet - in the beginning) and the beginning of the Vedas (Agni - fire) The power of Mantra “You do not do mantra, mantra does you.” “Turn your inner being into your inner ear.” “Meditation isn't doing. Meditation is undoing.” Steven J. Gold, BA, Philosophy and Religion; JD Emory Law School, is the founder/director of Torah-Veda (formerly Yoga and Judaism Center) in Atlanta, GA. He is an initiate and practitioner for more than 40 years in the Tradition of the Himalayan Masters, as propagated in the West by the late Sri Swami Rama of the Himalayas. He is a graduate of the Karin Kabalah Center course on Kabalah: A Process of Awakening. He has studied with Rabbi Joseph Gelberman, Rabbi Yoel Glick, Rabbi Rami Shapiro, Rabbi Marcia Prager, Rabbi Gedalia Fleer, Rabbi Elyahu Schusterman, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Rabbi Phyliss Berman, and Zev ben Shinon Halevi. Steven is the author of several books, including Om Shalom: Yoga and Judaism, IVRI: The Essence of Hebrew Spirituality, Torah Portion Summaries: With Insights from the Perspective of a Jewish Yogi, Dimensions: Navigating the Spiritual Spectrum, Basic Spiritual Principles, Contributor and Editor of Breaking the Silence: Poems of Spiritual Luminescence, and The Book About Always Being at Home (a Children's book). He has been teaching meditation and related classes on Indian and Jewish mysticism for many years and is an administrator and facilitator of an ongoing Interspiritual Contemplative Group. He is on the Board of Directors of Zeigest/The Spirit of Now, an Atlanta-based Interspiritual Organization providing training for Spiritual Directors and other course offerings. Please reach out to Steven J. Gold and his information at the following links: Torah-Veda Website: www.yajcenter.blogspot.com Torah-Veda Meditation: www.torahvedameditation.blogspot.com Zeitgeist: www.zgatl.org Please feel free to reach The Jewish Yogi at thejewishyogi@gmail.com and @thejewishyogi on Instagram. Please feel free to follow, comment, and share. #thejewishyogi #jewishyoga #jewishyogagirl #modahjerwishyoga #StevenJGold #yogaandjudaism #Torahveda #Omshalom #yoga #mantra #avraham #beresheet #Veda Enjoy and Shalom

This episode of The Jewish Yogi is Part 1 of my interview with Steven J. Gold. Steven J. Gold, BA, Philosophy and Religion; JD Emory Law School, is the founder/director of Torah-Veda (formerly Yoga and Judaism Center) in Atlanta, GA. He is an initiate and practitioner for more than 40 years in the Tradition of the Himalayan Masters, as propagated in the West by the late Sri Swami Rama of the Himalayas. He is a graduate of the Karin Kabalah Center course on Kabalah: A Process of Awakening. He has studied with Rabbi Joseph Gelberman, Rabbi Yoel Glick, Rabbi Rami Shapiro, Rabbi Marcia Prager, Rabbi Gedalia Fleer, Rabbi Elyahu Schusterman, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Rabbi Phyliss Berman, and Zev ben Shinon Halevi. Steven is the author of several books, including Om Shalom: Yoga and Judaism, IVRI: The Essence of Hebrew Spirituality, Torah Portion Summaries: With Insights from the Perspective of a Jewish Yogi, Dimensions: Navigating the Spiritual Spectrum, Basic Spiritual Principles, Contributor and Editor of Breaking the Silence: Poems of Spiritual Luminescence, and The Book About Always Being at Home (a Children's book). He has been teaching meditation and related classes on Indian and Jewish mysticism for many years and is an administrator and facilitator of an ongoing Interspiritual Contemplative Group. He is on the Board of Directors of Zeigest/The Spirit of Now, an Atlanta-based Interspiritual Organization providing training for Spiritual Directors and other course offerings. In this episode, Steven J. Gold shares about his background and learning in the Jewish themed yoga world with his introduction to Siddhartha in high school, Transcendental meditation in college, Kabbalah author Zev Shimon Halevi, Artscroll, Aryeh Kaplan, Renewal Judaism, and Audi Gozlan. Steven speaks about the circumcised heart and Jewish healing meditation, like Ruach El Saddai and the “breath of balance”. He also discusses the connection and influence of the Torah and Judaism, and the Veda and Hinduism. Please reach out to him and his information at the following links: Torah-Veda Website: www.yajcenter.blogspot.com Torah-Veda Meditation: www.torahvedameditation.blogspot.com Zeitgeist: www.zgatl.org Please feel free to reach The Jewish Yogi at thejewishyogi@gmail.com and @thejewishyogi on instagram. Please feel free to follow, comment, and share. #thejewishyogi #jewishyoga #jewishyogagirl #modahjewishyoga #stevenjgold #yogaandjudaism #Torahveda #Torah #veda #omshalom #yoga Thanks and Shalom

Overworking has become a cultural norm in Rabbi Arthur Waskow’s opinion. Waskow’s coalition “Free Time/Free People” is spearheaded by members of various faiths, and insists that a workable culture must actually work less, and a functional population functions best when there’s less to do. Today, he posits that we have become alienated from our lives […]

At 87, Rabbi Arthur Waskow still proudly calls himself a radical. His most revolutionary act may have taken place 52 years ago, when he wrote, published and organized the original Freedom Seder. Celebrated, debated and criticized, the Freedom Seder upended the contemporary seder by incorporating contemporary, non-Jewish liberation struggles. We talk about the origins of the Freedom Seder and what it means today. We explore Waskow’s life of activism, including his personal interactions with Rev. Martin Luther King Junior. And Waskow shares what keeps him turning out books and, at increasing risk to himself, taking to the streets and facing arrest. He also offers some practical advice on how to make a Zoom seder more compelling and how to take first steps as an activist. And we ask the burning question (no pun intended): is civilization as we know it headed for collapse? Theme song, “Ilu Finu” by Rabbi Miriam Margles. Her album This is the Day is available for purchase at CDBaby: https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/miriammarglesandthehadarensemb Visit our home on the web — Evolve: Groundbreaking Jewish Conversions: http://evolve.reconstructingjudaism.org Subscribe by Email at http://subscribebyemail.com/evolve.fireside.fm/rss Read these show notes on the web at https://evolve.fireside.fm/1 This podcast is produced by Reconstructing Judaism. Visit us at ReconstructingJudaism.org (https://ReconstructingJudaism.org). Special Guest: Rabbi Arthur Waskow.

At 87, Rabbi Arthur Waskow still proudly calls himself a radical. His most revolutionary act may have taken place 52 years ago, when he wrote, published and organized the original Freedom Seder. Celebrated, debated and criticized, the Freedom Seder upended the contemporary seder by incorporating contemporary, non-Jewish liberation struggles. We talk about the origins of the Freedom Seder and what it means today. We explore Waskow’s life of activism, including his personal interactions with Rev. Martin Luther King Junior. And Waskow shares what keeps him turning out books and, at increasing risk to himself, taking to the streets and facing arrest. He also offers some practical advice on how to make a Zoom seder more compelling and how to take first steps as an activist. And we ask the burning question (no pun intended): is civilization as we know it headed for collapse? Theme song, “Ilu Finu” by Rabbi Miriam Margles. Her album This is the Day is available for purchase at CDBaby: https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/miriammarglesandthehadarensemb Visit our home on the web — Evolve: Groundbreaking Jewish Conversions: http://evolve.reconstructingjudaism.org Subscribe by Email at http://subscribebyemail.com/evolve.fireside.fm/rss Read these show notes on the web at https://evolve.fireside.fm/1 This podcast is produced by Reconstructing Judaism. Visit us at ReconstructingJudaism.org (https://ReconstructingJudaism.org). Special Guest: Rabbi Arthur Waskow.

Podcast: This week on The Mystical Positivist, we present a conversation pre-recorded on October 13th, 2019 with Neil Douglas-Klotz, Ph.D. Neil Douglas-Klotz is a world-renowned scholar in religious studies, spirituality, and psychology. Living in Fife, Scotland, he directs the Edinburgh Institute for Advanced Learning and for many years was co-chair of the Mysticism Group of the American Academy of Religion. He is also co-founder of the International Network of the Dances of Universal Peace. A frequent speaker and workshop leader, he is the author of several books, including Prayers of the Cosmos (1990), The Hidden Gospel (1999), The Genesis Meditations (2003), The Sufi Book of Life (2005), Blessings of the Cosmos (2006), The Tent of Abraham (2006) (with Rabbi Arthur Waskow and Sr. Joan Chittister) and Desert Wisdom (1995, revised 2010). He has also produced three audio series of teachings on the Aramaic approach to Jesus, published by Sounds True. Known also for his citizen diplomacy work, Neil led several group trips to Russia and the Middle East and in 2004 and cofounded the Edinburgh International Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace. In 2005 he was awarded the Kessler-Keener Foundation Peacemaker of the Year award for his work in Middle Eastern peacemaking. Under his Sufi name, Saadi Shakur Chishti, Neil also offers spiritual retreats combining his work with Native Middle Eastern spirituality with the lineage of Chishti Sufism. He was a long-time student of the Murshid Moineddin Jablonski (d. 2001), the spiritual successor of Sufi Ahmed Murad Chishti (1996-1971). Saadi was recognized as a teacher in the Sufi path in 1981 and a senior teacher, or murshid, in 1993 in the Chishti Sufi lineage. More information about Neil Douglas-Klotz's work can be found at: The Abwoon Network website: abwoon.org, Edinburgh Institute for Advanced Learning website: eial.org, Dances of Universal Peace website: dancesofuniversalpeace.org, Edinburgh International Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace website: www.eicsp.org, European Ruhaniat website: www.ruhaniateurope.org.

In this episode of the Seekers of Meaning Podcast, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, director of The Shalom Center in Philadelphia, discusses how the Jewish harvest festival Sukkot can be a model for teaching about Climate Change and healing the earth. The post SOM Pod: Rabbi Arthur Waskow of The Shalom Center, on #SukkotForClimateHealing appeared first on Jewish Sacred Aging.

In this episode of the Seekers of Meaning Podcast, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, director of The Shalom Center in Philadelphia, discusses how the Jewish harvest festival Sukkot can be a model for teaching about Climate Change and healing the earth. The post SOM Pod: Rabbi Arthur Waskow of The Shalom Center, on #SukkotForClimateHealing appeared first on Jewish Sacred Aging.

While many evangelical leaders and some political leaders are now finishing each other’s sentences, the rest of the world looks on in disbelief.  Despite the long, questionable history, religion and government can and have cooperated in healthy ways. OMNIA welcomes Rabbi Arthur Waskow, to shine light on this issue

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Ph.D., the founder, and director of The Shalom Center (https://theshalomcenter.org/) on the topic of "Half a Century of Activism!" DONATE: http://www.bit.ly/1NmpbsP For podcasts of VBM lectures, GO HERE: https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/learning-library https://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash https://www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz

Rabbi Ben David, senior rabbi of Congregation Adath Emanu-El, Mount Laurel. NJ, returns to the Jewish Sacred Aging Podcast to discuss Seven Days, Many Voices: Insights into the Biblical Story of Creation, (order the book here)  the book of essays he recently edited for the CCAR Press. The book is an anthology of creative responses to and inspired interpretations of the story of Creation. Midrash, biblical criticism, literature, theology, climate justice, human rights, history, and science are just some of the fields through which the Creation story is examined by such thinkers as Rabbi Richard F. Address, founder of JewishSacredAging.com; Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Dr. Alyssa Gray, Rabbi Aaron Panken, PhD, Rabbi Mira Wasserman, PhD, Rabbi Jill Jacobs, and many others. About the Guest Rabbi Benjamin David was born in Philadelphia, PA and raised in Cherry Hill, NJ. He is the son of Rabbi Jerome and Peggy David. He attended Cherry Hill High School East and Muhlenberg College, where he majored in English Literature. In 1999, he graduated Magna Cum Laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. In 2004, he was ordained by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City. While in rabbinic school, he served numerous congregations, including Kol Hanishama of Jerusalem, Temple Beth Am of Monessen, PA and Temple Shaaray Tefila of Manhattan. He also served as intern at the Jewish Guild for the Blind and the Makor Steinhardt Center. He received numerous awards in the field of Talmud and Hebrew Literature and was the cofounder of Davar Aher, a student review. From 2005-2012, he served as assistant and associate rabbi at Temple Sinai of Roslyn, working closely with youth and teens, overseeing the Hebrew High School program, officiating at lifecycle events, teaching broadly, and helping to further develop the congregation's social action, community organizing, and interfaith programs. A competitive distant runner, he has completed sixteen marathons and twenty half marathons. He is a co-founder of the Running Rabbis, a social justice initiative that works with clergy worldwide to run and walk in the name of worthy causes. Rabbi David is also active in the Jewish Federation of South Jersey, especially within the Young Adult Division, the Jewish Community Relations Council, Jewish Family and Children's Service, and is on the advisory board for The Voice. He is married to Lisa David, the Associate Director of Camp Harlam.  They also met at Camp Harlam, where they both spent time as campers, counselors, and supervisors. They have three children, Noa, Elijah, and Samuel.  

Join Rabbi David Paskin and Rabbi Arthur Waskow as they discuss, President Trump's recent decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement in this episode of the Resistance Rabbis podcast. Learn more about Resistance Rabbis at www.resistancerabbis.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/resistancerabbis. Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/resistancerabbis.

The History of Papal Advocacy, a Rabbinic Letter on the Climate Crisis, the  “Hydra of Homophobia"This week on State of Belief, Interfaith Alliance’s weekly radio show and podcast, host Rev. Welton Gaddy will discuss Pope Francis’ much-anticipated encyclical on the environment with scholar Kevin Lowe. He’ll talk to Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Founder and Director of the Shalom Center in Philadelphia about the Rabbinic Letter on the Climate Crisis, which has been signed by more than 300 Jewish faith leaders. And finally, Welton will explore what one governor’s attack on his state’s courts might portend for the long-awaited Supreme Court decision on marriage equality – and what threatened defiance to that might look like will react with the Brennan Center’s Matthew Menendez. Right Wing Bucking the (Judicial) SystemAfter state courts in Kansas ruled against Governor Sam Brownback’s drastic cuts to education funding, he has threatened retaliation: defund the courts! Has this ever happened before? What does it mean for Kansans? And more broadly, are there implications for another judicial ruling – this time by the Supreme Court – that Brownback’s fellow conservatives expect being unhappy with? With a federal decision on same-sex marriage due by the end of the month, and a new poll by the Public Religion Research Institute showing supporters and opponents of marriage equality alike expecting the Court to recognize marriage as a constitutional right, what might the “defiance” threatened by opponents look like? Welton speaks with Matthew Menendez, Counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law. Vatican Activism and “Leaving Science to the Scientists”According to Catholic presidential hopeful Rick Santorum, the Pope’s upcoming encyclical on the environment is beyond the Church’s area of expertise, and he should just “leave science to the scientists.” (Santorum conveniently forgot that the Pope studied Chemistry before entering Seminary.) However, Santorum is also forgetting the long history of formal papal involvement in global affairs and politics. Scholar Kevin M. Lowe, who’s written on the history of papal advocacy in Religion Dispatches, joins Welton to discuss the Pope’s encyclical, the Catholic voices of opposition, and ways the Vatican has historically impacted global affairs. The Making and Effect of the Rabbinic Letter on Climate CrisisReligious figures tackling important— if political— problems isn’t limited to the Pope. 300 rabbis have recently signed the Rabbinic Letter on the Climate Crisis. Welton will be joined by Rabbi Arthur Waskow, longtime environmental activist and an instrumental force behind the letter. The two will discuss the origins of the letter, caring for the earth as a Jewish mandate, as well as its intentions, expectations, and the effect of uniting rabbis from all different denominations in hopes of a healthier planet. The Hydra of HomophobiaEven with relentless progress in the area of LGBT rights – and a widely-anticipated positive Supreme Court decision on marriage equality anticipated later this month – it’s not hard to find instances of religious and legislative efforts to demonize gay people and somehow portray fundamentalists as the victims. The problem of inequality is far from solved in this country and beyond. Welton shares a few thoughts about why this really matters.

A conversation with Rabbi Arthur Waskow about Jewish Renewal, the Environment, Social Activism and much more. Since 1969, Waskow has taken a leadership role in the Jewish Renewal movement. In 1971, he helped found the Fabrangen Havurah in Washington, DC. The Torah discussions at Fabrangen inspired Waskow's book Godwrestling (NY: Schocken, 1978). He founded The Shalom Center in 1983 and serves as its director. In its inception the Shalom Center primarily confronted the threat of nuclear war from a Jewish perspective, emphasizing the story of Noah and the imperative to save the world from "a flood of fire". As the Cold War abated, the Shalom Center turned its focus toward ecology and human rights issues. From 2002 to 2008, it pursued shared action among Jews, Christians, and Muslims; opposition to attacks on American Muslim life and opposition to the US War in Iraq. From 2005 on, it has especially focused on the dangers of "global scorching" and the climate crisis. Waskow's best-known books include Godwrestling (1978), Seasons of Our Joy (1982), Down-to-Earth Judaism: Food, Money, Sex, and the Rest of Life (1995), Down-to-Earth Judaism, andGodwrestling — Round 2: Ancient Wisdom, Future Paths (1996). With Sr. Joan Chittister, OSB, and Murshid Saadi Shakur Chisti, he co-authored The Tent of Abraham (2006). With Rabbi Phyllis Berman he has co-authored "Tales of Tikkun: New Jewish Stories to Heal the Wounded World"; "A Time for Every Purpose Under Heaven: The Jewish Life-Spiral as a Spiritual Journey"; and "Freedom Journeys: Tales of Exodus and Wilderness Across Millenia." He was the managing co-editor of Trees, Earth, and Torah: A Tu B'Shvat Anthology, and he edited Torah of the Earth: 4,000 Years of Jewish Thought on Ecology(2 vols, Jewish Lights).

In this episode, we will examine the furor over the "Ground Zero" Mosque in New York City. I will also present an article by Rabbi Arthur Waskow: "5 Steps to Burning Books."

Rabbi Arthur Waskow

The Tent of AbrahamA Rabbi and a Sufi walk into a bar where they meet a pantheistic animist, and this is our show today, as Caroline welcomes the co-authors of "The Tent of Abraham, Stories of Hope and Peace for Jews, Christians, and Muslims," Rabbi Arthur Waskow and Murshid Saadi Shakur Chishti (aka neil Douglas-Klotz.) The post The Visionary Activist Show – April 24, 2008 appeared first on KPFA.