Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi (August 28, 1924 – July 3, 2014), also known as Reb Zalman, was an 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.

Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Schachter-Shalomi died after a long illness on July 3, 2014 in Boulder, Colorado. He was 89.

Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

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Zalman Schachter-Shalomi at the Yesod Foundation

1924 births

2014 deaths

American feminist writers

American LGBT rights activists

American rabbis

Austrian Jews

Boston University alumni

Disease-related deaths in Colorado

Jewish activists

Jewish American academics

Jewish American writers

Jewish feminists

Naturalized citizens of the United States

Polish Jews

Refugees from Nazism

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Educators from Colorado

Writers from Colorado

Zalman Schachter-Shalomi