TY  - JOUR
A1  - Sigalow, Emily
T1  - From Jewish Prominence to Buddhist Prominence
T2  - PaRDeS : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien [23 (2017)] = JewBus, Jewish Hindus & other Jewish Encounters with East Asian Religions
T2  - PaRDeS : Journal of the Association of Jewish Studies [23 (2017)] = JewBus, Jewish Hindus & other Jewish Encounters with East Asian Religions
N2  - The 1920s witnessed a growing appearance of individual American Jews–
largely from wealthy and prominent families – who received training by Asian teachers and pursued Buddhist practices in Asian-founded Buddhist groups. Some of these American Jews gained prominence and leadership status in Buddhist communities and also ran their own semi-established Buddhist groups, with limited success. The social position and material success of these Jewish Buddhists allowed them the time and means to study and practice Buddhism. This paper illustrates these developments through the story of Julius Goldwater, a member of the prominent German Jewish family that included Senator Barry Goldwater. After encountering Buddhism in Hawaii and being ordained in Kyoto, Goldwater moved to Los Angeles to become one of the first European-American Jodo Shinshu ministers in America. This paper demonstrates how he was an early convert, teacher, and wartime proponent of American Buddhism.
Y1  - 2018
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/40894
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-408943
SN  - 978-3-86956-418-0
SN  - 1614-6492
SN  - 1862-7684
IS  - 23
SP  - 119
EP  - 131
PB  - Universitätsverlag Potsdam
CY  - Potsdam
ER  -