Byron Sherwin

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Byron Sherwin is a Jewish scholar and author with expertise in theology, inter-religious dialogue, mysticism and Jewish ethics. A rabbi in the Conservative Judaism movement, he trained at the Jewish Theological Seminary with Abraham Joshua Heschel. A graduate of Columbia University, he has a Ph.D. in the History of Culture from the University of Chicago. Sherwin has served as a senior administrator at the Spertus Institute and as Distinguished Service Professor. He also directed the Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Center for the Study of Eastern European Jewry. Sherwin is reportedly "The first rabbi in 400 years to lecture at the Catholic seminary in Bialystok, and the first Jew ever to lecture on Judaism at the University of Warsaw."[1] He is the author of dozens of books and articles in Jewish studies.

"In 1995, he was awarded the "Officer's Order of Merit" by President Lech Walesa of The Republic of Poland and in 1996 received an honorary Doctor of Hebrew Letters from the Jewish Theological Seminary."[2] He also received the 1992 "Man of Reconciliation Award" from the Polish Council of Christians and Jews.

[edit] Selected works

  • Golems Among Us: How a Jewish Legend Can Help Us Navigate the Biotech Century, 2004
  • The Golem Legend: Origins and Implications, 1985 [3]
  • Jewish Ethics for the Twenty-First Century: Living in the Image of God, 1999
  • Kabbalah: An Introduction to Jewish Mysticism, Rowman & Littlefield:
  • The Cubs and the Kabbalist: How A Kabbalah-Master Helped the Chicago Cubs Win Their First World Series Since 1908 (novel)
  • Mystical Theology and Social Dissent: The Life and Works of Judah Loew of Prague, 1982
  • Sparks Amidst the Ashes: The Spiritual Legacy of Polish Jewry
  • Toward a Jewish Theology

[edit] Sources

Spertus Institute [2]

David Scott, "At Auschwitz, looking for ‘a lost Atlantis’" Our Sunday Visitor (September 19, 1993)

Loyola brief bio [3]

  1. ^ Scott article
  2. ^ Brief bio [1]
  3. ^ Cited by Moshe Idel (1990:xx) as one of the "most important" works on the subject
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