Editing Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (section)

=== Later years and death ===
[[Image:Zalman Schachter-Shalomi & Ram Dass.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and [[Ram Dass]] in February 2008]]

Schachter-Shalomi was among the group of rabbis, from a wide range of Jewish denominations, who traveled together to [[India]] to meet with the [[Dalai Lama]] and discuss [[Jewish diaspora|diaspora]] survival for Jews and Tibetan Buddhists with him.<ref name="nytimes" /> Tibetans, exiled from their homeland for more than three generations, face some of the same assimilation challenges experienced by Jewish diaspora. The Dalai Lama was interested in knowing how the Jews had survived with their culture intact. That journey was chronicled in [[Rodger Kamenetz]]' 1994 book ''[[The Jew in the Lotus]]''.

In his later years, Schachter-Shalomi held the World Wisdom Chair at The [[Naropa Institute]];<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.naropa.edu/about-naropa/events/past-events/reb-zalman-memorial.php |title=Celebration of Reb Zalman's Life and Legacy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327193323/https://www.naropa.edu/about-naropa/events/past-events/reb-zalman-memorial.php |archive-date=March 27, 2015 |access-date=January 16, 2020}}</ref> he was Professor Emeritus at both Naropa and [[Temple University]].<ref name="nytimes">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/09/us/zalman-schachter-shalomi-jewish-pioneer-dies-at-89.html|title=Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Jewish Pioneer, Dies at 89|first=Paul|last=Vitello|date=July 8, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> He also served on the faculty of the [[Reconstructionist Rabbinical College]], Omega, the [[NICABM]], and other institutions. He was co-founder, with Rabbi [[Arthur Waskow]], of ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal, bringing together P'nai Or and The Shalom Center. He was also the founder of the ALEPH Ordination Programs. The seminary he founded has ordained over 80 rabbis and [[Hazzan|cantor]]s.

Zalman Schachter-Shalomi died of complications from pneumonia in 2014 at the age of 89.<ref name="nytimes" /><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/178185/rabbi-zalman-schachter-shalomi-dies-at-89 |title=Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi Dies at 89 |first=Stephanie |last=Butnick |magazine=Tablet Magazine |date=July 3, 2014 |access-date=July 3, 2014 }}</ref> Schachter-Shalomi was married four times and was the father of 11 children.<ref name="nytimes" />