Nehemia Polen
A leading expert in Hasidism and Jewish thought, his books include "The Holy Fire: The Teachings of Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira, the Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto".
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A leading expert in Hasidism and Jewish thought, his books include "The Holy Fire: The Teachings of Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira, the Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto", and (with Rabbi Lawrence Kushner) "Filling Words with Light: Hasidic and Mystical Reflections on Jewish Prayer." He is a recipient of the National Jewish Book Award,and he studied with and was a teaching fellow for Elie Wiesel.