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A '''Jewish Buddhist''' is a person with an ethnic [[Jews|Jewish]] background who believes in the tenets of a form of [[Buddhism]]. |
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A '''Jewish Buddhist''' (or '''JewBu''',<ref>{{cite web|last=Frankel|first=Ellen|author-link=Ellen Frankel|title=5 Reasons Jews Gravitate Toward Buddhism|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/5-reasons-jews-gravitate-toward-buddhism_b_2520948|publisher=[[HuffPost]]|date=January 24, 2013|access-date=August 19, 2019}}</ref> a term first brought into wide circulation with the publication of ''[[The Jew in the Lotus]]'' (1994) by [[Rodger Kamenetz]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Shupac|first=Jodie|title=The Jubu in the Lotus: Why do so many Jews become Buddhist?|url=https://www.cjnews.com/perspectives/jews-become-buddhist|publisher=[[Canadian Jewish News]]|date=August 23, 2017|access-date=August 19, 2019}}</ref>) is a person with a Jewish background who practices forms of [[Dhyāna in Buddhism|Dhyanam]] [[Buddhist meditation]], [[Buddhist chant|chanting]] or [[Buddhist paths to liberation|spirituality]]. When the individual practices a particular religion, it may be both [[Judaism]] and [[Buddhism]]. However, their ethnic designation is often Jewish while the individual's main religious practice is [[Buddhism]]. |
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Some practice forms of [[Dhyāna in Buddhism|Dhyanam]] [[Buddhist meditation]], [[Buddhist chant|chanting]] or [[Buddhist paths to liberation|spirituality]]. When the individual practices a particular religion, it may be both [[Judaism]] and [[Buddhism]]. However, in many cases their ethnic designation is Jewish while the individual's main religious practice is [[Buddhism]]. [[Rodger Kamenetz]] introduced the term '''JewBu''' or '''JUBU''' in his 1994 book ''[[The Jew in the Lotus]]''.<ref name="Cohn-Sherbok">{{cite book |surname=Cohn-Sherbok |given=Dan |authorlink=Dan Cohn-Sherbok |chapter=Jewish Buddhists |title=Judaism Today |year=2010 |publisher=Continuum |place=London; New York |pages=98–100 |chapter-url={{Google books|id=kw8SBwAAQBAJ|plainurl=y|page=98|keywords=|text=}} |url={{Google books|id=kw8SBwAAQBAJ|plainurl=y}} |isbn=978-0-8264-3829-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Frankel|first=Ellen|author-link=Ellen Frankel|title=5 Reasons Jews Gravitate Toward Buddhism|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/5-reasons-jews-gravitate-toward-buddhism_b_2520948|publisher=[[HuffPost]]|date=January 24, 2013|access-date=2019-08-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Shupac|first=Jodie|title=The Jubu in the Lotus: Why do so many Jews become Buddhist?|url=https://www.cjnews.com/perspectives/jews-become-buddhist|publisher=[[Canadian Jewish News]]|date=August 23, 2017|access-date=2019-08-19}}</ref> |
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==Origins== |
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The first recorded instance of an American being converted to Buddhism on [[United States|American]] soil occurred at the 1893 World Conference on Religions. The convert was a Jewish man named Charles Strauss, who declared himself a Buddhist at a public lecture that followed the conference. Strauss later became an author and leading expositor of Buddhism in the West.<ref>The Jew in the Lotus: Jewish Identity in Buddhist India] Retrieved on June 5, 2007</ref> |
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== Demographics == |
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In her 2019 book on the subject, ''American JewBu'', Emily Sigalow give different surveys and estimations about the Jewish percentage of the [[Buddhism in the United States|non-Asian American Buddhist]] population, going from 16.5% to around a third of the total number.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sigalow |first=Emily |title=American JewBu: Jews, Buddhists, and Religious Change |date=2019 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0-691-17459-4 |location=Princeton ; Oxford |pages=1}}</ref> |
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{{Further information|Buddhism in the United States}} |
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[[Image:Asian Pendants.jpg|thumb|[[Star of David]], [[Chai (symbol)|Chai]] and [[Sauwastika]] pendants]] |
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At the 1893 [[Parliament of the World's Religions]], a Jewish man named Charles Strauss declared himself a Buddhist<ref>The Jew in the Lotus: Jewish Identity in Buddhist India] Retrieved on June 5, 2007</ref> following talks by Buddhist delegates [[Soyen Shaku]] and [[Anagarika Dharmapala]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pluralism.org/at-the-1893-world%E2%80%99s-parliament-of-religions |title=At the 1893 World's Parliament of Religions |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Pluralism.com |publisher=The President and Fellows of Harvard College |access-date=November 4, 2022}}</ref> |
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According to the [[Ten Commandments]] and classical Jewish law (''[[halacha]]''), it is forbidden for any Jew to worship any [[deity]] other than the [[Names of God in Judaism|God of Israel]] – specifically by bowing, offering incense, sacrifices and/or poured libations.<ref>Exodus 20:4-6</ref> It is likewise forbidden to join or serve in another religion because doing so would render such an individual an [[Apostasy in Judaism|apostate]] or an [[Idolatry in Judaism|idol worshipper]]. Since most Buddhists do not consider the [[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]] to have been a god, Jewish Buddhists do not consider Buddhist practice to be worship. This is despite some practices including incense and food offerings made to a statue of the Buddha, and both prostration and bowing done before a statue of the Buddha. In addition, many Buddhists (particularly [[Theravada]] Buddhists) do not worship the Buddha but instead "revere" and "express gratitude" for the Buddha's (and all [[Buddhahood|buddhas']]) [[Nirvana|accomplishment]] and [[Karuṇā|compassionate]] [[sasana|teaching]] (that is, discovering and teaching the [[Dharma (Buddhism)|Dharma]] so others might be released from [[dukkha|suffering]] and achieve [[Nirvana]]). |
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==Shared beliefs== |
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Buddhism has had a presence in [[Roman Palestine|Palestine]] since the days of the [[Roman Empire]]. Historically, Judaism has incorporated the wisdom of alien religions that do not contradict the Torah, while rejecting [[polytheism]] and the worship of graven images.<ref>[https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/60122/jewish/Is-Buddhism-Kosher.htm Is Buddhusm kosher]</ref> Some experts speculate that [[Jesus Christ]] and his early followers were converts to Buddhism who combined elements of their Jewish upbringing such as monotheism with Buddhist concepts like [[ahimsa]], chastity, [[parables]], or associating with outcasts.<ref>[http://www.thezensite.com/non_Zen/Was_Jesus_Buddhist.html Was Jesus Buddhist?]</ref> |
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===Reincarnation=== |
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''See [[Reincarnation in Judaism]]'' |
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Many modern schools of Judaism have had a longstanding acknowledgement of a concept similar to [[reincarnation]], known as [[gilgul]]. This belief is referred to not only within scripture, but also in many folk and traditional stories.<ref>Yonasson Gershom (1999), ''Jewish Tales of Reincarnation''. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson. {{ISBN|0765760835}}</ref> [[Hasidic Jews]] and many others who follow the [[Kabbalah]] believe that a Jewish soul can be reborn on earth if, in its previous lives, it failed to fulfil all of the 613 [[Mitzvah|Mitzvot]] required to enter paradise.<ref>''Essential Judaism: A Complete Guide to Beliefs, Customs & Rituals'', By George Robinson, Simon and Schuster 2008, page 193</ref><ref>"Mind in the Balance: Meditation in Science, Buddhism, and Christianity", p. 104, by B. Alan Wallace</ref><ref>"Between Worlds: Dybbuks, Exorcists, and Early Modern Judaism", p. 190, by J. H. Chajes</ref> |
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The practice of conversion to Judaism is sometimes understood within Orthodox Judaism in terms of reincarnation. According to this school of thought in Judaism, when non-Jews are drawn to Judaism, it is because they had been Jews in a former life. Such souls may "wander among nations" through multiple lives, until they find their way back to Judaism, including through finding themselves born in a gentile family with a "lost" Jewish ancestor.<ref>''Jewish Tales of Reincarnation'', By Yonasson Gershom, Yonasson Gershom, Jason Aronson, Incorporated, 31 Jan 2000</ref> |
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===Meditation=== |
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Although all branches of Judaism strongly condemn [[idolatry]], many young Israelis are drawn to the appeal of Buddhist meditation as a means to alleviate the violence and conflict witnessed in their everyday lives, and explain the Jews' longstanding history of persecution.<ref>[https://www.cjnews.com/perspectives/jews-become-buddhist CJ News]</ref> [[Orthodox Jews]] have embraced meditation since the 18th century as a means to commune with God, although modern [[Reform Jews]] have historically opposed it in favor of a more rational, intellectual form of worship.<ref>[https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/jewish-meditation/ Jewish meditation]</ref> The children and grandchildren of [[Holocaust]] survivors find comfort in Buddhist explanations of the nature of suffering, and the path to end suffering.<ref>[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/5-reasons-jews-gravitate-toward-buddhism_b_2520948 Huff Post]</ref> As Buddhism neither denies nor acknowledges the existence of [[Yahweh]], observant Jews are able to embrace its wisdom while continuing to study the [[Torah]].<ref>[https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-jewish-buddhist-encounter/ Jewish learning]</ref> |
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===Karma=== |
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Many Jews believe in a concept similar to the Buddhist interpretation of the karmic balance, known as middah k’neged middah (measure for measure).<ref>[https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/79881?lang=bi Sefaria]</ref> Evil deeds were believed to be repaid with misfortune, while good deeds brought rewards.<ref>[https://www.jewishexponent.com/2019/12/06/jewish-karma/ Jewish karma]</ref> |
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When bad things happened to good people, both Jews and Buddhists interpret it as a test of faith, an indication of suffering or imbalance in the wider community, or the result of the individual unintentionally causing harm through careless words.<ref>[https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/belief/articles/jewish-karma Tablet Mag]</ref> Although Buddhists believe that this was part of the natural order, Jews believe that God, as the creator of the universe, was responsible for setting these events in motion.<ref>[https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/596628/jewish/Do-Jews-Believe-in-Karma.htm Divine providence]</ref> |
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===Five precepts=== |
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Both Judaism and Buddhism forbid murder, adultery, theft, and bearing false witness. In Buddhism, these comprise four of the [[five precepts]], analogous to the [[Ten Commandments|Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Commandments]] and also to the [[Laws of Noah|Third, Fourth, Fifth and Seventh Laws of Noah]].<ref>[https://www.smp.org/resourcecenter/resource/10370/ SMP resources</ref> |
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The fifth Buddhist precept forbids intoxication, which is also [[alcohol in the Bible|strongly disapproved of]] in the [[Tanakh]]. The [[drunkenness of Noah]] is perhaps the most famous example, but the [[Book of Proverbs]] also warns that alcohol abuse leads to misfortune, poverty and general sinfulness due to the removal of all inhibitions.<ref>Proverbs 23:20</ref> |
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===Bodhisattvas=== |
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In Buddhism, a [[bodhisattva]] is an enlightened person who has put off entry to paradise in order to help others gain [[Enlightenment (spiritual)|enlightenment]].<ref>[https://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/bud/5imgbodd.htm Bodhisattvas]</ref> Jews and Buddhists frequently regard the [[Prophet]]s of the [[Old Testament]] as similar beings to the bodhisattvas because they too delay entry to the afterlife until they have completed their mission of saving the children of Israel during times of persecution.<ref>[https://brill.com/view/journals/jjs/3/4/article-p753_31.xml?language=en The prophet and the bodhisattva]</ref><ref>[https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4061&context=etd Buddha and Moses as primordial saints]</ref> |
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| ⚫ | After [[Zen]]'s rise in popularity with the [[Beat Generation]], a new wave of Jews became involved with Buddhism in the late 1960s. Prominent teachers included [[Joseph Goldstein (writer)|Joseph Goldstein]], [[Jack Kornfield]], [[Sherry Chayat|Shinge Roshi Sherry Chayat]] and [[Sharon Salzberg]] who founded the [[Insight Meditation Society]], Sylvia Boorstein who teaches at [[Spirit Rock Meditation Center]], all of whom learned [[vipassana]] meditation primarily through [[Thai people|Thai]] teachers.<ref>[https://www.dharma.org/teacher/joseph-goldstein/ Joseph Goldstein]</ref><ref>[http://www.sylviaboorstein.com/ Silvia Boorstein]</ref><ref>[https://www.spiritrock.org/teachers Teachers at Spirit Rock]</ref> Another generation of Jews as Buddhist teachers emerged in the early 2000s, including author [[Taro Gold]], expounding Japanese traditions such as [[Nichiren Buddhism]].<ref>[https://tarogold.com/category/extras/books/ Books by Taro Gold]</ref> |
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The similarities between bodhisattvas and prophets is particularly appealing for [[Messianic Jews]] who respect [[Jesus Christ]] as a prophet and teacher, but reject the Christian representatation of him as a deity. Inspired by the widespread belief that [[John the Baptist]] was the reincarnation of [[Elijah]],<ref>[https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/members/sigs/spirituality-spsig/james-pandarakalam-the-biblical-reincarnation.pdf?sfvrsn=ba640336_2 Biblical reincarnation]</ref> some scholars of the Bible have speculated that Christ lived through several past lives, including as the pre-Israelite king [[Melchizedek]]<ref>[https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/283142/jesus-christ-also-past-lives/ Christ's past lives]</ref> and the Asian monk [[Amitabha]].<ref>[https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/nonwestern-jesus/jesus-as-bodhisattva/ABC1BF8F2C9470CE7425CD9F46F58A9F Jesus as a Bodhisattva]</ref><ref>[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/291754543_The_non-western_Jesus_Jesus_as_bodhisattva_avatara_guru_prophet_ancestor_or_healer The nonwestern Jesus]</ref><ref>[https://brill.com/view/journals/jjs/3/4/article-p753_31.xml?language=en Brill journals]</ref> |
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==Notable people== |
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* [[Alfred Bloom (Buddhist)|Alfred Bloom]]<ref>{{cite web|title=About Dr. Bloom|url=http://bschawaii.org/shindharmanet/bloom/|publisher=Shin Dharma Net|access-date=September 1, 2022}}</ref> |
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* [[Bhikkhu Bodhi]]<ref>{{cite web|title=An Interview with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi|url=http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma3/interview.html|publisher=Urban Dharma|access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref> |
* [[Bhikkhu Bodhi]]<ref>{{cite web|title=An Interview with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi|url=http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma3/interview.html|publisher=Urban Dharma|access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref> |
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* [[Sylvia Boorstein]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Fleet|first=Josh|title=Is The Jew Still In The Lotus?|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/29/jewish-meditation-movement_n_913445.html|publisher=[[Huffington Post]]|date=September 28, 2011|access-date=November 2, 2018}}</ref> |
* [[Sylvia Boorstein]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Fleet|first=Josh|title=Is The Jew Still In The Lotus?|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/29/jewish-meditation-movement_n_913445.html|publisher=[[Huffington Post]]|date=September 28, 2011|access-date=November 2, 2018}}</ref> |
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* [[Tara Brach]] |
* [[Tara Brach]]{{cn|date=September 2022}} |
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* [[Thubten Chodron]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Daikini Power|url=http://www.dakinipower.com/thubten-chodron|access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref> |
* [[Thubten Chodron]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Daikini Power|url=http://www.dakinipower.com/thubten-chodron|access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref> |
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* [[Leonard Cohen]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Rohter|first=Larry|title=On the Road, for Reasons Practical and Spiritual|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/arts/music/25cohe.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 25, 2009|access-date=August 19, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Wolfson|first=Elliot R.|title=New Jerusalem Glowing: Songs and Poems of Leonard Cohen in a Kabbalistic Key|journal=Kabbalah: A Journal for the Study of Jewish Mystical Texts|issue=15|year=2006|pages=103–152}}</ref> |
* [[Leonard Cohen]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Rohter|first=Larry|title=On the Road, for Reasons Practical and Spiritual|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/arts/music/25cohe.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 25, 2009|access-date=August 19, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Wolfson|first=Elliot R.|title=New Jerusalem Glowing: Songs and Poems of Leonard Cohen in a Kabbalistic Key|journal=Kabbalah: A Journal for the Study of Jewish Mystical Texts|issue=15|year=2006|pages=103–152}}</ref> |
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* [[Surya Das]]<ref>{{cite book| last =Das| first =Surya|author-link=Surya Das| title =Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World| publisher =Broadway| date =1998| pages =[https://archive.org/details/awakeningbuddhaw00sury/page/40 40]| url =https://archive.org/details/awakeningbuddhaw00sury| url-access =limited| isbn = 0-7679-0157-6}}</ref> |
* [[Surya Das]]<ref>{{cite book| last =Das| first =Surya|author-link=Surya Das| title =Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World| publisher =Broadway| date =1998| pages =[https://archive.org/details/awakeningbuddhaw00sury/page/40 40]| url =https://archive.org/details/awakeningbuddhaw00sury| url-access =limited| isbn = 0-7679-0157-6}}</ref> |
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* [[Robert Downey Jr.]]<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/21/arts/music/ |
* [[Robert Downey Jr.]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/21/arts/music/robert-downey-jr-the-album.html | work=The New York Times | title=Robert Downey Jr.: The Album | date=November 21, 2004 | access-date=May 6, 2010 | first=Hilary | last=De Vries | archive-date=January 29, 2022 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20220129182417/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/21/arts/music/robert-downey-jr-the-album.html | url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> |
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* [[Mark Epstein]]<ref name="cantfail">{{cite web|title=You Can't Fail at Meditation|url=http://www.lionsroar.com/cant-fail-meditation/|publisher=[[Shambhala Sun|Lion's Roar]]|date=April 12, 2015|access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref> |
* [[Mark Epstein]]<ref name="cantfail">{{cite web|title=You Can't Fail at Meditation|url=http://www.lionsroar.com/cant-fail-meditation/|publisher=[[Shambhala Sun|Lion's Roar]]|date=April 12, 2015|access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref> |
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* [[Anthony Ervin]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Swimming Heroes From the past|url=http://www.bobschaller.com/SplashIrv.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714113357/http://www.bobschaller.com/SplashIrv.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 14, 2014|publisher=Splash Magazine|access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref> |
* [[Anthony Ervin]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Swimming Heroes From the past|url=http://www.bobschaller.com/SplashIrv.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714113357/http://www.bobschaller.com/SplashIrv.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 14, 2014|publisher=Splash Magazine|access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref> |
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* [[Zoketsu Norman Fischer]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Loundon |first=Sumi |title=The Buddha's Apprentices: More Voices of Young Buddhists |publisher=Wisdom Publications |year=2006 |location=Boston |pages=125–130 |url =https://books.google.com/books?id=CdCBgXgnXukC&pg=PA125 |isbn=086171332X}}</ref> |
* [[Zoketsu Norman Fischer]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Loundon |first=Sumi |title=The Buddha's Apprentices: More Voices of Young Buddhists |publisher=Wisdom Publications |year=2006 |location=Boston |pages=125–130 |url =https://books.google.com/books?id=CdCBgXgnXukC&pg=PA125 |isbn=086171332X}}</ref> |
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* [[Allen Ginsberg]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Ginsberg|first=Allen|author-link=Allen Ginsberg|title=The Vomit of a Mad Tyger|url=http://www.lionsroar.com/the-vomit-of-a-mad-tyger/|publisher=[[Shambhala Sun|Lion's Roar]]|date=April 3, 2015|access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref> |
* [[Allen Ginsberg]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Ginsberg|first=Allen|author-link=Allen Ginsberg|title=The Vomit of a Mad Tyger|url=http://www.lionsroar.com/the-vomit-of-a-mad-tyger/|publisher=[[Shambhala Sun|Lion's Roar]]|date=April 3, 2015|access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref> |
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* [[Philip Glass]]<ref name=wiseguy>{{citation |title=Wiseguy: Philip Glass Uncut |first=Jeff |last=Gordinier |date=March 2008 |url=http://www.details.com/celebrities-entertainment/men-of-the-moment/200802/wiseguy-legendary-composer-philip-glass?currentPage=2|periodical=[[Details (magazine)|Details]] |access-date=November 10, 2008 }}</ref> |
* [[Philip Glass]]<ref name=wiseguy>{{citation |title=Wiseguy: Philip Glass Uncut |first=Jeff |last=Gordinier |date=March 2008 |url=http://www.details.com/celebrities-entertainment/men-of-the-moment/200802/wiseguy-legendary-composer-philip-glass?currentPage=2 |periodical=[[Details (magazine)|Details]] |access-date=November 10, 2008 |archive-date=August 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809140004/http://www.details.com/celebrities-entertainment/men-of-the-moment/200802/wiseguy-legendary-composer-philip-glass?currentPage=2 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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* [[Tetsugen Bernard Glassman]]<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-EPT/christo.htm |title=Buddhism, activism, and Unknowing: a day with Bernie Glassman (interview with Zen Peacemaker Order founder) |author=Christopher S. Queen | journal =Tikkun | volume =13 | issue =1 | pages =64–66 |access-date=2010-12-14 }}</ref> |
* [[Tetsugen Bernard Glassman]]<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-EPT/christo.htm |title=Buddhism, activism, and Unknowing: a day with Bernie Glassman (interview with Zen Peacemaker Order founder) |author=Christopher S. Queen | journal =Tikkun | volume =13 | issue =1 | pages =64–66 |access-date=2010-12-14 }}</ref> |
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* [[Craig Taro Gold]]<ref>Taro Gold [http://www.tarogold.com/renaissance-man/ Biography]</ref> |
* [[Craig Taro Gold]]<ref>Taro Gold [http://www.tarogold.com/renaissance-man/ Biography]</ref> |
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* [[Natalie Goldberg]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Natalie Goldberg & Beate Stolte: A Jew in Germany|url=https://www.upaya.org/2010/06/a-jew-in-germany/|publisher=[[Upaya Institute and Zen Center]]|date=June 28, 2010|access-date=September 11, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910195102/https://www.upaya.org/2010/06/a-jew-in-germany/|archive-date=September 10, 2015}}</ref> |
* [[Natalie Goldberg]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Natalie Goldberg & Beate Stolte: A Jew in Germany|url=https://www.upaya.org/2010/06/a-jew-in-germany/|publisher=[[Upaya Institute and Zen Center]]|date=June 28, 2010|access-date=September 11, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910195102/https://www.upaya.org/2010/06/a-jew-in-germany/|archive-date=September 10, 2015}}</ref> |
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* [[Yuval Noah Harari]]<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Adams |first1=Tim |last2=@TimAdamsWrites |date=2016-08-27 |title=Yuval Noah Harari: 'We are quickly acquiring powers that were always thought to be divine' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/aug/27/yuval-noah-harari-we-are-quickly-acquiring-powers-that-were-always-thought-to-be-divine |access-date=2023-04-04 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> |
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* [[Yuval Noah Harari]]<ref>[[Yuval Noah Harari]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=May 2020}} |
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* [[Joseph Goldstein (writer)|Joseph Goldstein]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Multiple Religious Identities: The Experiences of Four Jewish Buddhist Teachers|url=http://static1.squarespace.com/enwiki/static/52a23ac8e4b05fd98a111e34/t/52a88d78e4b025722daf96c6/1386777976250/2012Sept.Goldstein.pdf|access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref> |
* [[Joseph Goldstein (writer)|Joseph Goldstein]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Multiple Religious Identities: The Experiences of Four Jewish Buddhist Teachers|url=http://static1.squarespace.com/enwiki/static/52a23ac8e4b05fd98a111e34/t/52a88d78e4b025722daf96c6/1386777976250/2012Sept.Goldstein.pdf|access-date=September 11, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105227/http://static1.squarespace.com/enwiki/static/52a23ac8e4b05fd98a111e34/t/52a88d78e4b025722daf96c6/1386777976250/2012Sept.Goldstein.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* [[Sherry Chayat|Shinge Roshi Cherry Chayat]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shinge Roko Sherry Chayat Interview|url=https://www.shimanoarchive.com/PDFs/20120229_Chayat_SZ.pdf|access-date=March 1, 2012}}</ref> |
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* [[Julius Goldwater]]<ref name=Prothero>{{cite magazine |last=Prothero |first=Stephen |date=Winter 1997 |title=Julius Goldwater: The Good Shepherd |url=https://tricycle.org/magazine/the-good-shepherd/ |magazine=Tricycle |access-date=20 February 2022}}</ref> |
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* [[Daniel Goleman]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Will Mindfulness Change the World? Daniel Goleman Isn't Sure|url=http://religiondispatches.org/will-mindfulness-change-the-world-daniel-goleman-isnt-sure/|publisher=[[Religion Dispatches]]|date=November 15, 2013|access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref> |
* [[Daniel Goleman]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Will Mindfulness Change the World? Daniel Goleman Isn't Sure|url=http://religiondispatches.org/will-mindfulness-change-the-world-daniel-goleman-isnt-sure/|publisher=[[Religion Dispatches]]|date=November 15, 2013|access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref> |
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* [[Dan Harris (journalist)|Dan Harris]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Harris|first=Dan|author-link=Dan Harris (journalist)|title=10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, And Found Self-Help That Actually Works-A True Story|year=2014|pages=85–96}}</ref> |
* [[Dan Harris (journalist)|Dan Harris]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Harris|first=Dan|author-link=Dan Harris (journalist)|title=10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, And Found Self-Help That Actually Works-A True Story|year=2014|pages=85–96}}</ref> |
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* [[Jeremy Piven]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2006/10/17/tvnradio/15610460&sec=tvnradio |title=Jeremy's journey |publisher=Star-ecentral.com |date=2006-10-17 |access-date=2015-09-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070930165159/http://star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2006/10/17/tvnradio/15610460&sec=tvnradio |archive-date=September 30, 2007 }}</ref> |
* [[Jeremy Piven]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2006/10/17/tvnradio/15610460&sec=tvnradio |title=Jeremy's journey |publisher=Star-ecentral.com |date=2006-10-17 |access-date=2015-09-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070930165159/http://star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2006/10/17/tvnradio/15610460&sec=tvnradio |archive-date=September 30, 2007 }}</ref> |
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* [[Linda Pritzker]]<ref name=ForbesBillionaires>[https://www.forbes.com/profile/linda-pritzker/ Forbes: The World's Billionaires - Linda Pritzker] July 2018</ref> |
* [[Linda Pritzker]]<ref name=ForbesBillionaires>[https://www.forbes.com/profile/linda-pritzker/ Forbes: The World's Billionaires - Linda Pritzker] July 2018</ref> |
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* [[Nick Ribush]]<ref name=LYWA>[https://www.lamayeshe.com/directors-page/ Director, Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive: Nick Ribush</ref> |
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* [[Jonathan F.P. Rose]]<ref name=NYTEye>[https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/11/nyregion/in-person-developer-with-eye-to-profits-for-society.html IN PERSON; Developer With Eye To Profits For Society" By TINA KELLEY] April 11, 2004</ref> |
* [[Jonathan F.P. Rose]]<ref name=NYTEye>[https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/11/nyregion/in-person-developer-with-eye-to-profits-for-society.html IN PERSON; Developer With Eye To Profits For Society" By TINA KELLEY] April 11, 2004</ref> |
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* [[Larry Rosenberg]]<ref>{{cite web|title= The Art of Doing Nothing: Amy Gross interviews Larry Rosenberg|url=http://www.tricycle.com/feature/art-doing-nothing|publisher=[[Tricycle: The Buddhist Review]]|date=Spring 1998|access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref> |
* [[Larry Rosenberg]]<ref>{{cite web|title= The Art of Doing Nothing: Amy Gross interviews Larry Rosenberg|url=http://www.tricycle.com/feature/art-doing-nothing|publisher=[[Tricycle: The Buddhist Review]]|date=Spring 1998|access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref> |
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* [[Sharon Salzberg]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Yid Lit: Sharon Salzberg|url=http://forward.com/articles/135681/yid-lit-sharon-salzberg/|publisher=[[The Forward]]|date=February 24, 2011|access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref> |
* [[Sharon Salzberg]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Yid Lit: Sharon Salzberg|url=http://forward.com/articles/135681/yid-lit-sharon-salzberg/|publisher=[[The Forward]]|date=February 24, 2011|access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref> |
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* [[Morrie Schwartz]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Albom |first=Mitch |author-link=Mitch Albom |date= |title=Tuesdays with Morrie |url= |location= |publisher=Random House |page= |isbn=}}</ref> |
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* [[Nyanaponika Thera]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Buddhism and Judaism: Exploring the phenomenon of the JuBu|url=http://thubtenchodron.org/2010/03/jewish-buddhists/|publisher=[[Thubten Chodron]]|date=March 19, 2010 |access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref> |
* [[Nyanaponika Thera]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Buddhism and Judaism: Exploring the phenomenon of the JuBu|url=http://thubtenchodron.org/2010/03/jewish-buddhists/|publisher=[[Thubten Chodron]]|date=March 19, 2010 |access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref> |
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* [[Helen Tworkov]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The Jewish-Buddhist Encounter|url=http://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-jewish-buddhist-encounter/|publisher=MyJewishLearning|access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref> |
* [[Helen Tworkov]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The Jewish-Buddhist Encounter|url=http://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-jewish-buddhist-encounter/|publisher=MyJewishLearning|access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref> |
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* [[Adam Yauch]]<ref>{{cite |
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* [[Shinzen Young]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The Point of Contact|url=http://www.shinzen.org/Articles/artTricycle-Point.htm|publisher=[[Shinzen Young]]|date=Fall 2005|access-date=September 11, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508042313/http://www.shinzen.org/Articles/artTricycle-Point.htm|archive-date=May 8, 2012}}</ref> |
* [[Shinzen Young]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The Point of Contact|url=http://www.shinzen.org/Articles/artTricycle-Point.htm|publisher=[[Shinzen Young]]|date=Fall 2005|access-date=September 11, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508042313/http://www.shinzen.org/Articles/artTricycle-Point.htm|archive-date=May 8, 2012}}</ref> |
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A Jewish Buddhist is a person with an ethnic Jewish background who believes in the tenets of a form of Buddhism.
Some practice forms of Dhyanam Buddhist meditation, chanting or spirituality. When the individual practices a particular religion, it may be both Judaism and Buddhism. However, in many cases their ethnic designation is Jewish while the individual's main religious practice is Buddhism. Rodger Kamenetz introduced the term JewBu or JUBU in his 1994 book The Jew in the Lotus.[1][2][3]
Demographics
[edit]In her 2019 book on the subject, American JewBu, Emily Sigalow give different surveys and estimations about the Jewish percentage of the non-Asian American Buddhist population, going from 16.5% to around a third of the total number.[4]
Origins
[edit]At the 1893 Parliament of the World's Religions, a Jewish man named Charles Strauss declared himself a Buddhist[5] following talks by Buddhist delegates Soyen Shaku and Anagarika Dharmapala.[6]
After Zen's rise in popularity with the Beat Generation, a new wave of Jews became involved with Buddhism in the late 1960s. Prominent teachers included Joseph Goldstein, Jack Kornfield, Shinge Roshi Sherry Chayat and Sharon Salzberg who founded the Insight Meditation Society, Sylvia Boorstein who teaches at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, all of whom learned vipassana meditation primarily through Thai teachers.[7][8][9] Another generation of Jews as Buddhist teachers emerged in the early 2000s, including author Taro Gold, expounding Japanese traditions such as Nichiren Buddhism.[10]
Notable people
[edit]- Alfred Bloom[11]
- Bhikkhu Bodhi[12]
- Sylvia Boorstein[13]
- Tara Brach[citation needed]
- Thubten Chodron[14]
- Leonard Cohen[15][16]
- Surya Das[17]
- Robert Downey Jr.[18]
- Mark Epstein[19]
- Anthony Ervin[20]
- Zoketsu Norman Fischer[21]
- Allen Ginsberg[22]
- Philip Glass[23]
- Tetsugen Bernard Glassman[24]
- Craig Taro Gold[25]
- Natalie Goldberg[26]
- Yuval Noah Harari[27]
- Joseph Goldstein[28]
- Shinge Roshi Cherry Chayat[29]
- Julius Goldwater[30]
- Daniel Goleman[31]
- Dan Harris[32]
- Goldie Hawn[33]
- Jon Kabat-Zinn[34]
- Ayya Khema[35]
- Jack Kornfield[36]
- Jay Michaelson[37]
- Ethan Nichtern[38]
- Mandy Patinkin[39]
- Jeremy Piven[40]
- Linda Pritzker[41]
- Nick Ribush[42]
- Jonathan F.P. Rose[43]
- Larry Rosenberg[44]
- Sharon Salzberg[45]
- Morrie Schwartz[46]
- Nyanaponika Thera[47]
- Helen Tworkov[48]
- Adam Yauch[49]
- Shinzen Young[50]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Cohn-Sherbok, Dan (2010). "Jewish Buddhists". Judaism Today. London; New York: Continuum. pp. 98–100. ISBN 978-0-8264-3829-4.
- ^ Frankel, Ellen (January 24, 2013). "5 Reasons Jews Gravitate Toward Buddhism". HuffPost. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
- ^ Shupac, Jodie (August 23, 2017). "The Jubu in the Lotus: Why do so many Jews become Buddhist?". Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
- ^ Sigalow, Emily (2019). American JewBu: Jews, Buddhists, and Religious Change. Princeton ; Oxford: Princeton University Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-691-17459-4.
- ^ The Jew in the Lotus: Jewish Identity in Buddhist India] Retrieved on June 5, 2007
- ^ "At the 1893 World's Parliament of Religions". Pluralism.com. The President and Fellows of Harvard College. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
- ^ Joseph Goldstein
- ^ Silvia Boorstein
- ^ Teachers at Spirit Rock
- ^ Books by Taro Gold
- ^ "About Dr. Bloom". Shin Dharma Net. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
- ^ "An Interview with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi". Urban Dharma. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
- ^ Fleet, Josh (September 28, 2011). "Is The Jew Still In The Lotus?". Huffington Post. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
- ^ "Daikini Power". Retrieved September 11, 2015.
- ^ Rohter, Larry (February 25, 2009). "On the Road, for Reasons Practical and Spiritual". The New York Times. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
- ^ Wolfson, Elliot R. (2006). "New Jerusalem Glowing: Songs and Poems of Leonard Cohen in a Kabbalistic Key". Kabbalah: A Journal for the Study of Jewish Mystical Texts (15): 103–152.
- ^ Das, Surya (1998). Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World. Broadway. pp. 40. ISBN 0-7679-0157-6.
- ^ De Vries, Hilary (November 21, 2004). "Robert Downey Jr.: The Album". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 29, 2022. Retrieved May 6, 2010.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "You Can't Fail at Meditation". Lion's Roar. April 12, 2015. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
- ^ "Swimming Heroes From the past" (PDF). Splash Magazine. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2014. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
- ^ Loundon, Sumi (2006). The Buddha's Apprentices: More Voices of Young Buddhists. Boston: Wisdom Publications. pp. 125–130. ISBN 086171332X.
- ^ Ginsberg, Allen (April 3, 2015). "The Vomit of a Mad Tyger". Lion's Roar. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
- ^ Gordinier, Jeff (March 2008), "Wiseguy: Philip Glass Uncut", Details, archived from the original on August 9, 2014, retrieved November 10, 2008
- ^ Christopher S. Queen. "Buddhism, activism, and Unknowing: a day with Bernie Glassman (interview with Zen Peacemaker Order founder)". Tikkun. 13 (1): 64–66. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
- ^ Taro Gold Biography
- ^ "Natalie Goldberg & Beate Stolte: A Jew in Germany". Upaya Institute and Zen Center. June 28, 2010. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
- ^ Adams, Tim; @TimAdamsWrites (2016-08-27). "Yuval Noah Harari: 'We are quickly acquiring powers that were always thought to be divine'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
- ^ "Multiple Religious Identities: The Experiences of Four Jewish Buddhist Teachers" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
- ^ "Shinge Roko Sherry Chayat Interview" (PDF). Retrieved March 1, 2012.
- ^ Prothero, Stephen (Winter 1997). "Julius Goldwater: The Good Shepherd". Tricycle. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ "Will Mindfulness Change the World? Daniel Goleman Isn't Sure". Religion Dispatches. November 15, 2013. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
- ^ Harris, Dan (2014). 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, And Found Self-Help That Actually Works-A True Story. pp. 85–96.
- ^ "Interview With Goldie Hawn". CNN. Retrieved May 6, 2010.
- ^ Booth, Robert (October 22, 2017). "Master of mindfulness, Jon Kabat-Zinn: 'People are losing their minds. That is what we need to wake up to'". The Guardian. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
- ^ Wheeler, Kate Lila (1999). "I Give You My Life". Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
- ^ "How Jack Kornfield Went From Ivy League Grad To Buddhist Monk (VIDEO)". The Huffington Post. December 18, 2013. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
- ^ "Jay Michaelson". New York Insight. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
- ^ Nichtern, Ethan (June 1, 2018). "Ep. 1 - Introducing the Road Home Podcast with Ethan Nichtern". Retrieved August 19, 2019.
- ^ Paskin, Willa (September 9, 2012). "Mandy Patinkin on Season Two of 'Homeland'". New York Magazine. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
- ^ "Jeremy's journey". Star-ecentral.com. 2006-10-17. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 2015-09-11.
- ^ Forbes: The World's Billionaires - Linda Pritzker July 2018
- ^ [https://www.lamayeshe.com/directors-page/ Director, Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive: Nick Ribush
- ^ IN PERSON; Developer With Eye To Profits For Society" By TINA KELLEY April 11, 2004
- ^ "The Art of Doing Nothing: Amy Gross interviews Larry Rosenberg". Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. Spring 1998. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
- ^ "Yid Lit: Sharon Salzberg". The Forward. February 24, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
- ^ Albom, Mitch. Tuesdays with Morrie. Random House.
- ^ "Buddhism and Judaism: Exploring the phenomenon of the JuBu". Thubten Chodron. March 19, 2010. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
- ^ "The Jewish-Buddhist Encounter". MyJewishLearning. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
- ^ "Buddhism In America". Time. October 13, 1997. Archived from the original on November 22, 2008.
- ^ "The Point of Contact". Shinzen Young. Fall 2005. Archived from the original on May 8, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
Further reading
[edit]- Kamenetz, Rodger (1995), The Jew in the Lotus, [San Francisco, Calif.]: HarperSanFrancisco, ISBN 978-0060645748
- Bader, David M. (2002), Zen Judaism: For You a Little Enlightenment, Harmony, ISBN 978-0609610213
- Tatz, Akiva (2005), Letters to a Buddhist Jew, Targum Press, ISBN 978-1568713564
- Boorstein, Sylvia (1998), That's Funny, You Don't Look Buddhist, HarperOne, ISBN 978-0060609580
- Drescher, Frank (2017), Jewish Converts to Buddhism and the Phenomenon of "Jewish Buddhists" ("JuBus") in the United States, Germany and Israel, Grin Publishing, ISBN 9783668514034
- Lew, Alan (2005), Be Still and Get Going: A Jewish Meditation Practice for Real Life, Little, Brown and Company, ISBN 978-0316739108
- Musch, Sebastian. Jewish Encounters with Buddhism in German Culture. Between Moses and Buddha(1890-1940). Palgrave 2019. ISBN 978-3-030-27468-9.
External links
[edit]- The “Oy Vey” School of Buddhism
- AFC News Source – Jews by birth who practice Buddhism
- Story of a Jewish Buddhist
- You don't look Buddhist
- A frank encounter between religious Jews and Tibetan Buddhists
- Excerpt from Letters to a Buddhist Jew by Akiva Tatz
