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Rabbi '''Gershon Winkler''' <ref>http://www.selfgrowth.com/experts/gershon_winkler.html</ref> is a ], ultra-orthodox Rabbi, a scholar, teacher and author whose special interest is indigenous Judaism. Rabbi '''Gershon Winkler''' <ref>http://www.selfgrowth.com/experts/gershon_winkler.html</ref> is a ], non-denominational <ref>http://www.walkingstick.org/Faculty.html</ref> Rabbi, a scholar, teacher and author whose special interest is indigenous Judaism.


==Early life== ==Early life==
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Gershon has also served as spiritual teacher and life-cycle facilitator for Jewish communities across ], ], and ]. Gershon has also served as spiritual teacher and life-cycle facilitator for Jewish communities across ], ], and ], including Congregation Har Shalom in Missoula, Montana, a synagogue affiliated with the Reform movement.<ref>http://www.walkingstick.org/Faculty.html</ref><ref>http://www.har-shalom.org</ref>


In 1997, he founded the Walkingstick Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the recovery and preservation of indigenous ] — currently headquartered in Southern California. In 1997, he founded the Walkingstick Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the recovery and preservation of indigenous ] — currently headquartered in Southern California.
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Rabbi Gershon Winkler is a Danish, non-denominational Rabbi, a scholar, teacher and author whose special interest is indigenous Judaism.

Early life

Winkler was born in Denmark in 1949. He was ordained as a rabbi by the late Kabbalistic Master Rabbi Eleizer Bentsion of Novhordok (Russia) in Jerusalem.

Career

Winkler is a widely recognized scholar in the fields of Jewish law, lore, history, theology, and mysticism. He is a charismatic teacher whose lifestyle and mindset is unconventional.

His non-mainstream exploits have won him media recognition, including a front page feature in the Wall Street Journal, a segment on the PBS series Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, and detailed coverage in Israel’s Ha’aretz, Chayyim Acherim Magazine, and The Jerusalem Post.

Gershon has also served as spiritual teacher and life-cycle facilitator for Jewish communities across New Mexico, Colorado, and Montana, including Congregation Har Shalom in Missoula, Montana, a synagogue affiliated with the Reform movement.

In 1997, he founded the Walkingstick Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the recovery and preservation of indigenous Jewish spirituality — currently headquartered in Southern California.

Other

Winkler is a member of the Association of Independent Rabbis, and the World Spirituality Council along with Deepak Chopra and other notables.

Gershon Winkler is author of more than 14 books, most notable being :

  • Daily Kabbalah: Wisdom from the Tree of Life (North Atlantic Books),
  • Sacred Secrets: The Sanctity of Sex in Jewish Law and Lore (Jason Aronson)
  • The Soul of the Matter: A Jewish-Kabbalistic Perspective on the Human Soul Before, During, and After Life (Judaica Press)
  • Travels with the Evil Inclination: A Rabble-rousing Renegade Rabbi's Story (North Atlantic Books)
  • The Judeo-Christian Fiction (self-published Lulu.com)
  • The Golem of Prague: A New Adaptation of the Documented Stories of the Golem of Prague (Judaica Press)
  • Secret of Sambatyon (Judaica Youth Series, Judaica Press)
  • Cabala 365/ Kabbalah 365: Un Fruto Del Arbol De La Vida Para Cada Dia (Daily Fruit from the Tree of Life) (Spanish Edition) (Norma SA Editorial)
  • The Sacred Stones: The Return of the Golem (Judaica Press)
  • Magic of the Ordinary: Recovering the Shamanic in Judaism (North Atlantic Books)

References

  1. http://www.selfgrowth.com/experts/gershon_winkler.html
  2. http://www.walkingstick.org/Faculty.html
  3. http://online.wsj.com/home-page
  4. http://www.walkingstick.org/Faculty.html
  5. http://www.har-shalom.org
  6. http://www.ievolve.org/world-spirituality-council/

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