Jew in the Lotus Kamenetz Rodger
In The Jew in the Lotus, poet Roger Kamenetz uncovers the unlikely convergence of two of the world's ancient religions.While accompanying eight Jewish delegates to Dharamsala, India, for a historic…
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In The Jew in the Lotus, poet Roger Kamenetz uncovers the unlikely convergence of two of the world's ancient religions.While accompanying eight Jewish delegates to Dharamsala, India, for a historic Buddhist-Jewish dialogue with the Dalai Lama, poet Rodger Kamenetz comes to understand the ways in which Jewish and Buddhist thought converge. Along the way, he speaks with leading rabbis and Jewish thinkers, including Zalman Schacter, Yitz and Blue Greenberg, a host of religious and disaffected Jews and Jewish Buddhists, and even Ram Dass and Richard Gere. This amazing journey through Tibetan Buddhism and Judaism leads Kamenetz to a renewed appreciation of his living Jewish roots.Rodger Kamenetz is a poet and the author of the National Jewish Book Award winner Stalking Elijah. He is a professor of English and Religious studies at Louisiana State University. He currently