The Jew in the Lotus

Buddhism and Judaism meet head-on when eight rabbis travel to Dharamsala, India for a meeting with the Dalai Lama. Having witnessed the systematic oppression and persecution of his people since his exile in 1959, the Tibetan holy man invited the Jewish leaders to share the secret of spiritual survival in exile. When writer Rodger Kamenetz goes along to chronicle the event, we are reminded that the lessons of spiritual survival apply as much to a troubled individual as they do to a troubled nation.