Merton's Correspondence with:

Rabbi Joel Orent

Orent, Joel, Rabbi, 1930-2021

Descriptive Summary

Record Group:	Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials:	1962-1966
Volume:	10 item(s); 11 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Orent, Joel, Rabbi".

Joel Orent was an ordained Jewish rabbi who writes to Merton about the possibility of exploring Buddhist and Catholic monastic traditions. He made some inquiries into living with some Catholic monastic communities. He first writes to Merton from New York, and later from Hollywood, California.

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#	Date	From/To	First Lines	Pub ✓	Notes
	y/m/d	Merton		Scan ✉
1.	1962/10/10	HLS to Merton	About six months ago, a friend who has visited with you in Gethsemani came to my room and spoke,		«detailed view»
2.	1963/10/29	TAL[c] from Merton	About your recent letters. They seem to me to be overwrought. Are you putting your imagination		«detailed view»
3.	1964/02/11	TAL[c] from Merton	About the romantic sehnsucht question. I would say first of all that it cannot be cured		«detailed view»
4.	1964/06/24	TAL[c] from Merton	Thanks for the two long letters and the poems. I am sorry for not having answered, but as I suppose		«detailed view»
5.	1964/09/23	TAL[c] from Merton	If I tell you that I am sitting down to try to answer some twenty to thirty letters that have been		«detailed view»
6.	1964/10/16	TAL[c] from Merton	Thanks for the letters and the poems. I think that the poems really look good and the idea		«detailed view»
7.	1964/12/17	TL[c] from Merton	This is just a hasty note to say I am very glad to hear you have got out of the hospital. I am glad		«detailed view»
8.	1965/06/20	TL[c] from Merton	Just a word of thanks for telling me about Buber's death, I rely on friends for this kind of news		«detailed view»
9.	1965/12/06	TAL[c] from Merton	You write me that you are thinking of taking up your dissertation once again, and you remind me		«detailed view»
10.	1966/01/06	TL[c] from Merton	I have been trying to find some kind of answer to your request to put you in touch with someone who		«detailed view»

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