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American poet and author (born 1950)

Rodger Kamenetz (born 1950) is an American poet and author best known for The Jew in the Lotus (1994), an account of the historic dialogue between rabbis and the XIV Dalai Lama.

His poetry explores the Jewish experience and in recent years, dream consciousness.

Rodger Kamenetz is an award-winning poet, author and teacher.

Rodger Kamenetz is a poet, author, professor emeritus of English and Religious Studies.

Rodger Kamenetz (born ) is an.

Rodger Kamenetz is a poet, author, professor emeritus of English and Religious Studies at LSU where he was founding director of the Jewish Studies minor.

Inspired by the focus on dreams in both Tibetan and Jewish culture, I wrote The History of Last Night's Dream and was interviewed by Oprah on her Soul Series.

Since 2003 he's been instrumental in developing Natural Dreamwork, a practice that focuses on the sacred encounters in dreams.

Life and career

Kamenetz was born in Baltimore and educated at Yale, Stanford and Johns Hopkins University.

He lives in New Orleans and is Professor Emeritus, retiring with a dual appointment as Professor of English and Professor of Religious Studies at LSU where he was also an LSU Distinguished Professor and Erich and Lea Sternberg Honors Professor.

He works privately with clients, using dreams in a process of spiritual direction. Kamenetz is married to Moira Crone, a novelist and short story writer. He is the father of Anya Kamenetz