JuBu
A Jewish Buddhist (also Jubu or Buju) is a person with a Jewish ethnic or religious background who practices forms of Buddhist meditation and spirituality. The term Jubu was first brought into wide circulation with the publication of The Jew in the Lotus by Rodger Kamenetz. In some cases, the term can refer to individuals who practice both traditions, in other cases "Jewish" is no more than an ethnic designation, where the person's main religious practice is Buddhism. In yet other cases, a Jubu is simply a Jew with an interest in Buddhism. A large demographic of Jewish Buddhists, constituting its majority, still maintain religious practices and beliefs in Judaism coupled with Buddhist practices and perhaps beliefs.
Goldie Hawn has stated that "Buddhism is my religion and Judaism is my tribe."
Celebrity JuBu
- Leonard Cohen (singer-song writer)
- Allen Ginsberg (poet, activist)
- Dan Harris (journalist, anchorman)
- Goldie Hawn (actress)
- Kate Hudson (actress)
- Sarah Jessica Parker (actress, producer)
- Adam Yauch (Beastie Boys)
- Steve Wynn (Casino mogul)
- Elaine Wynn (Casino executive and philantropist)
JuBu Theravada Buddhist teachers and authors
- Bhikkhu Bodhi, Ph.D.
- Sylvia Boorstein
- Mark Epstein, M.D.
- Matthew Flickstein, Ph.D.
- Paul R. Fleischman, M.D.
- Joseph Goldstein
- Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.
- Ayya Khema
- Mirka Knaster, Ph.D.
- Jack Kornfield, Ph.D.
- Noah Levine, M.A.
- Stephen Levine
- Wes Nisker
- Nyanaponika, Maha Thera, D.Litt.
- Larry Rosenberg, Ph.D.
- Donald Rothberg, Ph.D.
- Sharon Salzberg
- David N. Snyder, Ph.D.
- Diana Winston