Torah and Dharma: Jewish seekers in eastern religions
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1996
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JUDITH LINZER
JASON ARONSON INC
Northvale, New Jersey
London
Contents
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xxvii
Chapter One—Introduction 1
Background of the Problem 1
Purpose of the Study 2
Statement of the Problem 3
Theoretical Framework 3
Methods of Research 6
Scope of the Study 7
Importance of the Study 7
Basic Assumptions/Presuppositions 8
Chapter Two—Review of Literature 11
Hasidic Tale and Zen Koan 11
The Spiritual Path 11
The Modern Person Embarks on the Journey to the East 21
The Excursion Ends in Return 26
Jewish Identity 32
The Contemporary Jewish Renewal 48
Chapter Three—Methods of Research 55
Typology
v 56
Interview Format 61
Chapter Four—The Participants Stories 67
Introduction 67
Summary of the Twelve Themes 67
Introduction to Background Information about Participants 71
The Newly Orthodox Jews (the Baalai Teshuvah) 72
vii
viii
Rachel
Nancy
Roberta
Mark
Dovid
Shmuel
Lorraine
Benjamin
Alan
Janet
Maurice
Karen
Joseph
The Formerly Orthodox Jews
Chaim
Barbara
Helen
Steven
Sharon
Ephraim
Warren
Introduction to the Theme of Jewish Identity
Perceived Internalized Anti-Semitism in Self or Others
Perceived Anti-Semitism
Lack of Knowledge of Judaism
Envious of Others Self-Identity
Jewish Identity Influenced by a Grandparent
Positive Experiences with Judaism as a Factor in Jewish Identity
I Always Felt Jewish-I Still Feel Jewish
Going East and Finding Other Jews There Too
Eastern Teachers Tell Students to Explore Their Own Roots
The Pintele Yid
Ambivalent Attitude of Parents towards Being Jewish
Excursion and Return
Realizing that Spirituality Is Real
Realizing That Judaism Is a Real Spiritual Path
I Know I Can t Deny My Roots
Judaism Is Illuminated when Practicing the Eastern Religion
Translating the Language of Eastern Religion into Judaism
The Practice of Eastern Religions Brings Jewish Impulses
to the Surface
The Formerly Orthodox Jews
Formerly Orthodox Jews Returning to Religious Judaism
Contents
Contents ix
Formerly Orthodox Expressed the Need to Leave
Religious Judaism 136
Chapter Five—Summary, Conclusions, and Implications 143
Summary 143
Conclusions 144
Implications for Further Research 151
Chapter Six—Praises and Criticisms of Judaism and Eastern Religion 155
Jews Want Direct Spiritual Experience 157
What Needs to Happen within Judaism to Fix It 160
It s My (the Baalai Teshuvah s) Responsibility to Bring This
Knowledge to Other Jews and to Judaism—The Mission
of the Baal Teshuvah 164
Today s Practice of Judaism Is a Distortion of the Real Thing 168
Jews Like the Intensity and Commitment of Orthodoxy 170
Jews Like Parts of Judaism but Nothing Fits Quite Right 172
Orthodoxy Is Judgmental, Saying It Is the Only Valid Form of Judaism 176
Judaism Isn t Presented Right 178
Jews Critical of Orthodox Upbringing 181
Jews Critical of Eastern Religion 184
Jews Praise the Eastern Religion 186
Jews Praise Judaism 187
Chapter Seven—Updates 191
Introduction to Updates 191
Barbara s Update 193
Helen Harkaspi s Update 197
Ephraim s Update 199
Maurice Friedman s Update 204
Karen s Update 207
Lorraine s Update 207
Benjamin s Update 208
Dovid Zeller s Update 210
Judith Linzer s Update 214
Chapter Eight—Jewish-Buddhist Encounter 219
Heresy Means Choice 220
Jerusalem and Benares 220
The Attitude One Brings to Interfaith Dialogue 220
The Attitude One Has about One s Own Faith Tradition 223
Three Approaches to Religion: Orthodox, Secular, and Liberal 225
The Main Difference between Jerusalem and Benares 227
x Contents
How East and West See The Other as Problematic 230
Nihiiation, or How Religions Invalidate Each Other 230
Constructive Use of the Other Religion to Gain Perspective 234
Jewish Questions, Buddhist Questions, Christian Questions 237
Interfaith Dialogue as Family Therapy 238
What Is Mysticism and Who Needs It? 240
Mystical Nothingness in Judaism and Buddhism 242
Prescriptive versus Descriptive 243
The Horizontal and the Vertical 247
The Individual and the Collective 250
The Problem with Texts 250
Perhaps East and West Can Complement Each Other 252
Comparing Apples and Oranges 254
Normal Mysticism 255
Mystical Experience Invalidated within Western Religion 255
Core Content of Mystical Experience Is Similar across Religions 258
Conservative Seminary Out of Step with the Mood of the 1960s 259
Psychedelic Drugs Provide Stimulus for Mystical Experience 260
We Are Now Living in the Postmodern Age 262
The Task of the Postmodern, Multicultural Age
Is Interfaith Dialogue 263
Attachment versus Detachment 265
The Havdalah Problem 268
Women s Access to Jewish Mysticism and Textual Study
Blocked by Sexism 274
Two Distinct Dialogues 277
Idolatry 278
Buddhism Helps Jews Cope with Our History of Suffering
and Persecution 280
Do You Cast Your Lot with the Jewish People? And Who
Wants to Know? 287
Reason to Feel Optimistic about the Future of Judaism 289
Blocked Access to Jewish Mysticism, or, Why Judaism
Hides Her Light 290
Jewish Continuity, or, What Is a Jew? 294
Bridge-Builders and Barrier-Builders
v 297
The Importance of the Hebrew Language 302
The Way Jews View History and Jewish Historical Perspective 302
Buddhist Historical Perspective and Mindset 309
The Post-Denominational Mystical Jew 310
In Defense of Halachah 315
So Many Buddhist Teachers and Leaders Are Jewish 318
The Wisdom that Jews Who Meditate Can Bring to Us 321
Contents xi
Drashot from Meditators Points of View 323
What Does the Jewish Community Need? 326
The Future of Judaism, the Future of Buddhism 330
Epilogue 335
Notes 339
Glossary 349
References 353
Credits 357
Index 359
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