Rabbi Arthur Waskow
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow is an American rabbi, activist, and author known for pioneering eco-Judaism and progressive social justice within the Jewish Renewal movement.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rabbi Arthur Waskow canonical | 1 |
| Rabbi Michael Lerner | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13243329 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Rabbi Arthur Waskow Context triple: [Renewal Judaism, prominentLeader, Rabbi Arthur Waskow]
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Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi was a pioneering 20th-century Jewish mystic, teacher, and innovator who helped shape contemporary Jewish spirituality and interfaith dialogue.
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Rabbi Bernard Revel
Rabbi Bernard Revel was an influential early 20th-century Orthodox Jewish scholar and educator who pioneered the integration of traditional yeshiva learning with modern academic studies in the United States.
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Abraham Joshua Heschel
Abraham Joshua Heschel was a prominent 20th-century Jewish theologian, philosopher, and civil rights activist known for his influential works on Jewish thought and social justice.
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Eliezer Berkovits
Eliezer Berkovits was a 20th-century Orthodox Jewish theologian and philosopher known for his influential work on faith, halakha, and the theological response to the Holocaust.
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E.
Rabbi Dr. Solomon Schonfeld
Rabbi Dr. Solomon Schonfeld was a British Orthodox rabbi and educator renowned for his heroic efforts to rescue thousands of Jews, particularly children, from Nazi-occupied Europe during the Holocaust.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rabbi Arthur Waskow Target entity description: Rabbi Arthur Waskow is an American rabbi, activist, and author known for pioneering eco-Judaism and progressive social justice within the Jewish Renewal movement.
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A.
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi was a pioneering 20th-century Jewish mystic, teacher, and innovator who helped shape contemporary Jewish spirituality and interfaith dialogue.
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B.
Rabbi Bernard Revel
Rabbi Bernard Revel was an influential early 20th-century Orthodox Jewish scholar and educator who pioneered the integration of traditional yeshiva learning with modern academic studies in the United States.
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C.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Abraham Joshua Heschel was a prominent 20th-century Jewish theologian, philosopher, and civil rights activist known for his influential works on Jewish thought and social justice.
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D.
Eliezer Berkovits
Eliezer Berkovits was a 20th-century Orthodox Jewish theologian and philosopher known for his influential work on faith, halakha, and the theological response to the Holocaust.
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E.
Rabbi Dr. Solomon Schonfeld
Rabbi Dr. Solomon Schonfeld was a British Orthodox rabbi and educator renowned for his heroic efforts to rescue thousands of Jews, particularly children, from Nazi-occupied Europe during the Holocaust.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Jew
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Jewish Renewal rabbi ⓘ activist ⓘ author ⓘ eco-Judaism pioneer ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
LGBTQ inclusion in Jewish life
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civil rights ⓘ climate justice ⓘ environmental protection ⓘ peace and anti-war causes ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1933 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion
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Johns Hopkins University ⓘ |
| familyName | Waskow ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Jewish Renewal theology
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Jewish environmentalism ⓘ Jewish social justice ⓘ peace activism ⓘ |
| founded | The Shalom Center ⓘ |
| givenName | Arthur ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasWrittenOn |
Jewish liturgy and ritual innovation
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Passover and liberation theology ⓘ Torah and ecology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American civil rights movement
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Jewish prophetic tradition ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Jewish Renewal
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linked to:
Renewal Judaism
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| name | Arthur Ocean Waskow ⓘ |
| notableFor |
eco-Judaism
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interfaith environmental work ⓘ progressive Jewish social justice activism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Down-to-Earth Judaism
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Godwrestling ⓘ Godwrestling – Round 2 ⓘ Seasons of Our Joy ⓘ The Freedom Seder ⓘ Torah of the Earth ⓘ |
| occupation |
political activist
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rabbi ⓘ theologian ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | progressive ⓘ |
| positionHeld | director of The Shalom Center ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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linked to:
Philadelphia
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rabbi Arthur Waskow Description of subject: Rabbi Arthur Waskow is an American rabbi, activist, and author known for pioneering eco-Judaism and progressive social justice within the Jewish Renewal movement.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Rabbi Arthur Waskow