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Our
Rabbi
We
offer a selection of essays written by Rabbi David in the 'Jewish Renewal' section of
our web site.
 Rabbi
David Zaslow was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1947. He was
ordained in 1995 by Rabbi Zalman
Schachter-Shalomi under the supervision and mentorship
of Rabbi Aryeh Hirschfeld. In 2003 he completed his term as
a Spiritual Advisor to ALEPH,
the umbrella organization of the Jewish Renewal movement.
Before his ordination he served as a rabbinic intern for the
Jewish communities Crescent City, CA, Bend, OR, and Redding,
CA.
During
his years as a poet-in-the-schools for the southern Oregon
region, David Zaslow wrote and edited more than a dozen of
books of poetry as well as two albums of children's music
for publishers like Good Apple; Harcourt Brace Javanovich;
and Scott Foresman. In the late 1970s David, along with partner
Steve Sacks, co-created what became the Peter Britt Jazz Festival
by bringing jazz legends like Dave Brubeck, Count Basie, Dizzie
Gillespie, Woodie Herman, and dozens of other jazz greats
to southern Oregon for the first time. Along with poet Lawson
Inada, in 1988 he was awarded an American Book Award for educational
materials for a project he co-produced featuring Steve Allen
and Jayne Meadows to music composed by Patti McCoy.
Rabbi
David also teaches Bible and spirituality in classes at Southern
Oregon University's Elderhostel program, and leads Shabbaton
weekends and retreats for Jewish Renewal communities throughout
the United States. Today Rabbi David is completing a series
of books that he has been working on for many years: on Jewish
meditation & Kabbalah; interfaith relations with Christianity;
on the poetry of the Tenakh (Bible); and a collection of his
own poetry.
Rabbi
David Zaslow can be reached by phone, 541.488.0772
or email, shalomrav@aol.com.
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Our
Rebbe, David Zaslow (in center...the kid without the
beard)
at his bar mitzvah party Saturday evening, December
24, 1960.
Sea Gate community center, Brooklyn, NY
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