jew and lotus

  • National Museum of American Jewish History
  • 101 South Independence Mall East
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • 19106-2517
  • (215) 923-3811
  • Directions

Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 7 pm

Award-winning poet, author, and teacher Rodger Kamenetz joins us 25 years after the historic Jewish-Buddhist dialogue he chronicled in The Jew in the Lotus, the story of rabbis making a holy pilgrimage to meet with the Dalai Lama.

In conversation with Dr. Jay Michaelson, columnist for the Forward and author of The Gate of Tears: Sadness and the Spiritual Pathand Evolving Dharma: Meditation, Buddhism, and the Next Generation of Enlightenment.

Dessert reception with book sale and signing to follow.

$12/$10 Members