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Shock Spreads After Death Of Baltimore Rabbi, Jewish Renewal Pioneer Arthur Waskow Shock Spreads After Death Of Baltimore Rabbi, Jewish Renewal Pioneer Arthur Waskow Shock Spreads After Death Of Baltimore Rabbi, Jewish Renewal Pioneer Arthur Waskow
Shock Spreads After Death Of Baltimore Rabbi, Jewish Renewal Pioneer Arthur Waskow Rabbi Arthur Ocean Waskow, a Baltimore native whose lifelong fight for justice and spirituality reshaped American Judaism, has died at 92 in Pennsylvania. Waskow, founder and longtime executive director of The Shalom Center in Philadelphia, passed away at his home on Monday, Oct. 20, according to a statement from the organization. Born in Baltimore in 1933, Waskow helped redefine the intersection of faith and activism — from marching for civil rights to protesting war and environmental destruction — all while reimagining Jewish ritual for modern times. Waskow earned his bachelor's degree f…

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