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Join us as we delve into the depths of Jewish mysticism and the revitalization of spirituality with Professor Arthur Green. With a wealth of knowledge and expertise in Hasidism and Neo-Hasidism, Professor Green shares his profound insights and personal journey. From his formative years studying under renowned scholars to his role as a leading figure in the Jewish Renewal and Neo-Hasidism movements, Green offers an exploration of the intricate teachings and transformative power of Jewish mysticism. Discover the wisdom and contemporary relevance of Judaism through the lens of one of its pre-eminent scholars, Professor Arthur Green.

Educated at Brandeis University and the Jewish Theological Seminary, Arthur Green studied under the direct tutelage of a generation of great scholars, Alexander Altmann, Nahum Glatzer, and Abraham Joshua Heschel.
He has himself taught several generations of students as professor of Jewish Thought at Brandeis University and University of Pennsylvania and as professor of Jewish Philosophy and Religion at the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College in Boston which he founded in 2004.
Over the course of his career, Professor Green has been the author editor, and translator of over twenty volumes on Jewish Mysticism, Kabbalah, Hasidism and Neo-Hasidism. Notably among his scholarly works are: Tormented Master: A Life and Spiritual Quest of Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav and Keter: The Crown of God in Early Jewish Mysticism.
But he’s perhaps best known of his own theological writings including Ehyeh: A Kabbalah for Tomorrow; Seek My Face: A Jewish Mystical Theology; Radical Judaism: Re-thinking God and Tradition; and Judaism for the World, Reflections on God, Life, and Love.
Professor Green is also a leading figure in the Jewish Renewal and Havurah movement and is a figurehead within the world Neo-Hasididism, a movement which aims to re-apply Hasidic teachings to contemporary life and revitalize Jewish spirituality for the 21st century.
Through his scholarship, educational work, and popular teaching, combining historical knowledge with original theology, Professor Green has contributed to the growth and vitality of Judaism in America and throughout the world.


00:00 Excerpt
00:12 Art’s Teachers
10:55 JTS and Abraham Joshua Heschel
16:21 Opening a window to Judaism
22:52 Too many Books?
25:30 Honestly and Complexity
31:41 Why Judaism?
36:34 The Baal Shem, A Radical Jew
40:31 Inner, Psychedelic journey of Judaism
44:29 Psychedelic Judaism
52:08 An Ongoing Struggle
54:20 A Neo-Legacy
58:49 NeoHasidism for the Non-Jew
1:03:48 Closing blessing


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