Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Orent, Joel, Rabbi
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Orent, Joel, Rabbi, 1930-2021
Other form(s) of name
- Rabbi Joel Orent
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1930-2021
History
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.