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From: ken@hp-pcd.UUCP (ken)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: New Renaissance Movement
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Date: Tue, 7-May-85 02:23:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue May  7 02:23:00 1985
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Nf-From: hpcvlo!ken    May  6 22:23:00 1985

Have you had any experiences with what is being called "New
Renaissance Judaism"?  

I attended a pot-luck shabbot dinner/service led by a rabbi from a
nearby moshav.  I would typify the evening best by relating it to
similar experiences I had while chanting in sweat-lodges during the
hippie era.  The evening was a real boost for me!  I have slowly been
losing my distaste for the conventional reform upbringing that I found
utterly shallow.  

I experienced this weekend only shortly after reading the April issue
of Yoga Journal (that's right) devoted to the "New Renaissance
Judaism'.  They spoke much of people like Shlomo Carlebach;  and of
works like the Kabbalah and the Zohar.

Then I had the forutne of seeing 'The Traveling Jewish Theatre'.

Is this only happening to me?  Do you care to share your thoughts or
feelings about this 'movement'?

		'When the student is ready, the teacher will appear'

			Ken Bronstein
			hp-pcd!ken