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Nonfiction Making Prayer Real: Leading Jewish Spiritual Voices on Why Prayer Is Difficult and What to Do about It Rabbi Mike Comins
Essay Praying Outdoors Earlier this week, Stuart Nadler blogged for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning‘s author blogging series about casting… Stuart Nadler September 28, 2011
Nonfiction The Commentators’ Bible: The JPS Miqra’ot Gedolot : Leviticus Michael Carasik, ed. and trans.
Recommended Reading High Holiday Reading Jewish Book World reviewer Eric Ackland examines three new books from Jewish Lights that tackle different aspects of the High Holidays experience (this… Eric Ackland September 7, 2010
Essay Finding a Religious Home In her last posts, Abby Sher, author of Amen, Amen, Amen: Memoir of a Girl Who Couldn’t Stop Praying (Among Other Things)wrote about revisiting her childhood… Abby Sher December 11, 2009
Essay Hillel House, University of Chicago In her last post, Abby Sher, author of Amen, Amen, Amen: Memoir of a Girl Who Couldn’t Stop Praying (Among Other Things) wrote about revisiting her… Abby Sher December 9, 2009
Essay The Shuls, They Are A’Changin’ Abby Sher, author of Amen, Amen, Amen: Memoir of a Girl Who Couldn’t Stop Praying (Among Other Things), is blogging all week for MyJewishLearning and… Abby Sher December 7, 2009
Recommended Reading The new Koren Siddur Posted by Libi AdlerEvery once in a while we get books in our office that don’t fall into the usual mold.By Rabbi Sir Jonathan SacksToday I was looking… Libi Adler September 16, 2009
News Your Daily Dose of Reflection and Inspiration Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterJewish Lights is releasing a new book by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky in July with inspiring quotes from Jewish sources and personal… Naomi Firestone-Teeter April 21, 2009
Essay Aliza Lavie at the NJBA Ceremony Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterAliza Lavie, Winner of the 2008 National Jewish Book Award in Women’s Studies for A Jewish Woman’s Prayer Book, just sent me… Aliza Lavie March 13, 2009
