What is Zalman Schachter-Shalomi?
[[File:Zalman Schachter-Shalomi.jpg|thumb|200px|Schachter-Shalomi in 2008.]] '''Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi''' (August 28, 1924 &ndash; July 3, 2014), also known as '''Reb Zalman''', was an [[Americans|American]] [[rabbi]] and [[educator]]. He was one of the founders of the [[Jewish Renewal]] movement. He was committed to the [[Gaia hypothesis]], to [[feminism]], and to [[LGBT]] people within [[Judaism]]. Schachter-Shalomi was born in [[Zhovkva]], [[Poland]] (now [[Ukraine]]) and raised in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]. He and his family fled the rising power of [[Nazi Germany]] for the [[United States]] in 1941. He was married to Eve Ilsen. Schachter-Shalomi died after a long illness on July 3, 2014 in [[Boulder, Colorado|Boulder]], [[Colorado]]. He was 89.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thestate.com/2014/07/03/3546328/founder-of-jewish-renewal-movement.html?sp=/99/132/1029/|title=Founder of Jewish Renewal movement dies at 89|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|work=[[The State (newspaper)|The State]]|date=July 3, 2014|accessdate=July 4, 2014}}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|3475468}} * [http://www.yesodfoundation.org/Yesod-RZLP/Reb_Zalman.html Zalman Schachter-Shalomi]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at the [http://www.yesodfoundation.org/ Yesod Foundation] {{DEFAULTSORT:Schachter-Shalomi, Zalman}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:American feminist writers]] [[Category:American LGBT rights activists]] [[Category:American rabbis]] [[Category:Austrian Jews]] [[Category:Boston University alumni]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Colorado]] [[Category:Jewish activists]] [[Category:Jewish American academics]] [[Category:Jewish American writers]] [[Category:Jewish feminists]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] [[Category:Polish Jews]] [[Category:Refugees from Nazism]] [[Category:Writers from Vienna]] [[Category:Educator