- And then there is the charismatic Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach
"Hassidic saint" and New Age movement sexual predator:
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- http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/27/nyregion/27RABB.html?pagewanted=all
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- "With the synagogue now thrown into tumult, division
has flared among members over Rabbi Intrator's resignation and the future
of the synagogue made famous by the late Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, perhaps
the foremost songwriter of contemporary Judaism.
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- Shlomo Carlebach was trained in strict Hasidic style
with the Lubavitcher rebbe. But he left his Hasidic school and developed
a method to teach classical and Hasidic teachings through his inspirational
songs. In the 1960's, he settled in the Haight- Ashbury neighborhood of
San Francisco and set up the only Jewish presence there, a commune called
the House of Love and Prayer.
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- Stories of his unusual evangelical methods abound. Once
he sang to a concert hall full of naked hippies. He got a group of yogis
singing and dancing on a trip to the Grand Canyon. Whether it be old Hasidic
men in the Diamond District, or born-again Christians, Rabbi Carlebach
always seemed to make them dance.
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- Before he died in 1994, Rabbi Carlebach, who had become
known as the Dancing Rabbi, selected Rabbi Intrator, his longtime assistant
and concert manager, to succeed him as rabbi."
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- "The shadow side of Shlomo Carlebach"
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- http://www.rickross.com/reference/lubavitch/lubavitch12.html
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- "While Rabbi Carlebach was never formally connected
with the Jewish Renewal movement, which encourages spiritual and mystical
expressions of Judaism, his teachings and music have had a deep impact
on many Renewal congregations, and on institutions of other streams of
Judaism as well. For this reason, he was a frequent guest at synagogues,
youth conventions, Jewish summer camps and other gatherings.
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- "Among the many people Lilith spoke with, nearly
all had heard stories of Rabbi Carlebach's sexual indiscretions during
his more than four-decade rabbinic career. Spiritual leaders, psychotherapists,
and others report numerous incidents, from playful propositions to actual
sexual contact. Most of the allegations include middle-of-the-night, sexually
charged phone calls and unwanted attention or propositions. Others, which
have been slower to emerge, relate to sexual molestation".
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- http://www.theawarenesscenter.org/Carlebach_Shlomo.html
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