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Essay Can Prayer Heal the World? Earlier this week, Rabbi Mordecai Schreiber shared how writing Why People Pray changed his life. He is guest blogging here all week as part of the Visiting Scribe series… Mordecai Schreiber June 2, 2016
Essay How Writing a Book about Why People Pray Changed My Life Between his travels around the world, Rabbi Mordecai Schreiber is set to publish his latest book, Why People Pray, later this month. He is guest blogging here all week as… Mordecai Schreiber May 31, 2016
Visual Arts The Illuminated Torah: Paintings and Essays on the Weekly Portions Avner Moriah and Shulamit Laderman
Essay Internal Dialogue: The Days of Awe 5775 Posted by Nat Bernstein.Prayer doesn’t come easily to everyone. Whether one considers oneself religious, spiritual, observant, or curious, finding that optimum of… Nat Bernstein September 22, 2014
Children’s Siddur Katan: Shabbat Prayer Book for Families with Young Children Jaime Lewis with Michelle V. Katz
Poetry The Days Between: Blessings, Poems, and Directions of the Heart for the Jewish High Holiday Season Marcia Falk
Essay You Probably Wouldn’t Think To Read This For Book Club, But… This week, Barbara Askenas and Michal Smart, co-editors of the National Jewish Book Award-winning book Kaddish: Women’s Voices blogs for The Postscript on why… Barbara Askenas, Michal Smart April 1, 2014
Nonfiction Jewish Men Pray: Words of Yearning, Praise, Petition, Gratitude and Wonder from Traditional and Contemporary Sources Kerry M. Olitzky & Stuart M. Matlins, eds.
