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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Arthur Waskow</span></h1>
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<p><b>Arthur Ocean Waskow</b> (* <a href="12._Oktober" title="12. Oktober">12. Oktober</a> <a href="1933" title="1933">1933</a> in <a href="Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>, <a href="Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>; † <a href="20._Oktober" title="20. Oktober">20. Oktober</a> <a href="2025" title="2025">2025</a> in <a href="Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) war ein <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">US-amerikanischer</a> <a href="Autor" title="Autor">Autor</a>, Friedensaktivist und <a href="Rabbiner" title="Rabbiner">Rabbiner</a> innerhalb der <a href="Jewish_Renewal" title="Jewish Renewal">Jewish Renewal</a>, einer <a href="Judentum" title="Judentum">jüdischen</a> Reformbewegung.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leben_und_Wirken">Leben und Wirken</h2></div>
<p>Waskow studierte 1954 an der <a href="Johns_Hopkins_University" title="Johns Hopkins University">Johns Hopkins University</a> und erwarb einen Ph.D. in amerikanischer Geschichte an der <a href="University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison" title="University of Wisconsin–Madison">University of Wisconsin–Madison</a>. Von 1961 bis 1963 war er als Mitarbeiter für den Kongressabgeordneten <a href="Robert_Kastenmeier" title="Robert Kastenmeier">Robert Kastenmeier</a> von <a href="Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> tätig.
</p><p>1983 gründete Waskow das The Shalom Center, dessen Direktor er war. 1995 wurde er als Rabbiner <a href="Semicha" title="Semicha">ordiniert</a>.
</p><p>2007 zählte das Magazin <a href="Newsweek" title="Newsweek">Newsweek</a> Waskow unter die 50 einflussreichsten Rabbiner in den Vereinigten Staaten.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Waskow nahm aktiv an der öffentlichen Debatte um Auswege aus der <a href="Klimakrise" title="Klimakrise">Klimakrise</a> teil. So war er Mitunterzeichner eines im Dezember 2018 veröffentlichten offenen Briefes, in welchem der Politik ein Scheitern bei der Thematisierung der Krise vorgeworfen wurde und dazu aufgerufen wurde, sich Bewegungen wie <a href="Extinction_Rebellion" title="Extinction Rebellion">Extinction Rebellion</a> anzuschließen und einen <a href="Konsumverzicht" class="mw-redirect" title="Konsumverzicht">Konsumverzicht</a> zu leisten.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Werke_(Auswahl)"><span id="Werke_.28Auswahl.29"></span>Werke (Auswahl)</h2></div>
<ul><li>Godwrestling Zyklus</li></ul>
<ol><li><i>Godwrestling</i>. Schocken Books, New York 1978, ISBN 0-8052-0645-0.</li>
<li><i>Ancient Wisdom, Future Paths</i>. Jewish Lights Publ., Woodstock, Vt. 1996, ISBN 1-87904-545-1.</li></ol>
<ul><li><i>Seasons of Our Joy. A modern guide to the Jewish holidays</i>. Beacon Press, Boston, Mass. 1982, ISBN 0-8070-3611-0.</li>
<li><i>Down-to-Earth Judaism. Food, Money, Sex, and the Rest of Life</i>. Morrow Books, New York 1995, ISBN 0-688-11840-2.</li>
<li><i>Torah of the earth. Exploring 4000 years of ecology in Jewish thought</i>. Jewish Lights Publ., Woodstock 2000 (2 Bde.).</li></ul>
<ol><li><i>Biblical Israel, one land, one people. Rabbinic Judaism, one land, many islands</i>, ISBN 1-580-23086-5.</li>
<li><i>Zionism, one land, two peoples. Eco-Judaism, one earth, many peoples</i>, ISBN 1-580-23087-3.</li></ol>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aleph.org/">Aleph.org</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pjvoice.com/">Philadelphia Jewish Voice</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://theshalomcenter.org/">Shalom Center</a></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite">Ben Harris: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jta.org/2025/10/20/obituaries/arthur-waskow-activist-rabbi-who-brought-jewish-spiritual-wisdom-to-bear-on-progressive-politics-dies-at-92"><i>Arthur Waskow, activist rabbi who brought Jewish spiritual wisdom to bear on progressive politics, dies at 92.</i></a> In: <i>Jewish Telegraphic Agency.</i> 20.&nbsp;Oktober 2025,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 21.&nbsp;Oktober 2025</span> (amerikanisches Englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AArthur+Waskow&amp;rft.title=Arthur+Waskow%2C+activist+rabbi+who+brought+Jewish+spiritual+wisdom+to+bear+on+progressive+politics%2C+dies+at+92&amp;rft.description=Arthur+Waskow%2C+activist+rabbi+who+brought+Jewish+spiritual+wisdom+to+bear+on+progressive+politics%2C+dies+at+92&amp;rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jta.org%2F2025%2F10%2F20%2Fobituaries%2Farthur-waskow-activist-rabbi-who-brought-jewish-spiritual-wisdom-to-bear-on-progressive-politics-dies-at-92&amp;rft.creator=Ben+Harris&amp;rft.date=2025-10-20&amp;rft.language=en-US">&nbsp;</span></span>
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