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In 1970, Rotenberg joined the faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, becoming a full professor in 1980. He founded a new sub-discipline in psychology and religion. He is the author of ten books, which have been translated into English, French, Portuguese and Japanese. Rotenberg has taught at University of Pennsylvania, University of California, Berkeley, the Jewish Theological Seminary, City University of New York and Yeshiva University.<ref>[http://www.jewishpsychology.org/about2_e.php Rotenberg Center for Jewish Psychology]</ref> |
In 1970, Rotenberg joined the faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, becoming a full professor in 1980. He founded a new sub-discipline in psychology and religion. He is the author of ten books, which have been translated into English, French, Portuguese and Japanese. Rotenberg has taught at University of Pennsylvania, University of California, Berkeley, the Jewish Theological Seminary, City University of New York and Yeshiva University.<ref>[http://www.jewishpsychology.org/about2_e.php Rotenberg Center for Jewish Psychology]</ref> |
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Rotenberg has developed innovative theories based on psychological interpretations of Hasidic and Midrashic concepts.<ref>[http://www.jewishpsychology.org/about2_e.php Rotenberg Center for Jewish Psychology]</ref> |
Rotenberg has developed innovative theories based on psychological interpretations of Hasidic and Midrashic concepts.<ref>[http://www.jewishpsychology.org/about2_e.php Rotenberg Center for Jewish Psychology]</ref>He describes his approach as "re-biography", i.e., "rereading one's biography so it becomes possible to live with the text." In an interview with [[Haaretz]] newspaper he said: "All of life is a text, and I am proposing a new term - recomposition, rewriting the melody of life. You do not have to erase the past, but it can be re-composed, and to that end I cite examples from the Gemara."<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/914604.html Talking to the spirits]</ref> |
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Mordechai Rotenberg (1932 - ) (Template:He) is an Israeli professor of social work at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 2009, Rotenberg was awarded the Israel Prize for research in social welfare.
Mordechai Rotenberg was born in Breslau, Germany. In 1960, he graduated from the Hebrew University. In 1962, he received his MSW from New York University. In 1969, he was awarded a Ph.D. at University of California, Berkeley. [1]
In 1970, Rotenberg joined the faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, becoming a full professor in 1980. He founded a new sub-discipline in psychology and religion. He is the author of ten books, which have been translated into English, French, Portuguese and Japanese. Rotenberg has taught at University of Pennsylvania, University of California, Berkeley, the Jewish Theological Seminary, City University of New York and Yeshiva University.[2]
Rotenberg has developed innovative theories based on psychological interpretations of Hasidic and Midrashic concepts.[3]He describes his approach as "re-biography", i.e., "rereading one's biography so it becomes possible to live with the text." In an interview with Haaretz newspaper he said: "All of life is a text, and I am proposing a new term - recomposition, rewriting the melody of life. You do not have to erase the past, but it can be re-composed, and to that end I cite examples from the Gemara."[4]