Jews and Buddhism (1999)

Original title

Jews and Buddhism: Belief Amended, Faith Revealed

Directed by

Isaac Solotaroff, Bill Chayes

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

41 min

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary narrated by Sharon Stone. It features interviews with Jewish, Buddhist, and Jewish-Buddhist figures. They discuss why many American Jews have become interested in Buddhist practices.

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What happens

Jews and Buddhism: Belief Amended, Faith Revealed (1999) is a documentary narrated by Sharon Stone that compiles interviews and archival footage of prominent Jewish, Buddhist, and Jewish-Buddhist personalities—including the Dalai Lama, David Ben-Gurion, Allen Ginsberg, Rabbi Allen Lew, and Sylvia Boorstein—to explore the new phenomenon of American Jews who have been drawn to Buddhist tradition. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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