Jewish Renewal: Toward a "New" American Judaism.

Jewish renewal; Schachter-Shalomi, Zalman, 1924-2014; Carlebach, Shlomo; Habad; Hasidism

The article discusses about the Jewish Renewal in the U.S. Jewish Renewal focuses on Jewish spiritualist movements that have manifested in Hasidism. Rabbis Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Shlomo Carlebach are the individuals involved in the founding of Jewish Renewal. Jewish Renewal is compared with the Chabad movement on the basis of the historical events of the twentieth century.