| Jewish Men Pray: Words of Yearning, Praise, Petition, Gratitude and Wonder from Traditional and Contemporary Sources Contributor(s): Matlins, Stuart M. (Editor), M. Olitzky, Kerry (Editor), Artson, Bradley Shavit (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1683361466 ISBN-13: 9781683361466 Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2013 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - General - Religion | Prayerbooks - Jewish - Religion | Prayer |
| Dewey: 296.45 |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 5" W x 8" (0.93 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
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| Publisher Description: A celebration of Jewish men's voices in prayer--to strengthen, to heal, to comfort, to inspire from the ancient world up to our own day. "An extraordinary gathering of men--diverse in their ages, their lives, their convictions--have convened in this collection to offer contemporary, compelling and personal prayers. The words published here are not the recitation of established liturgies, but the direct address of today's Jewish men to ha-Shomea Tefilla, the Ancient One who has always heard, and who remains eager to receive, the prayers of our hearts." This collection of prayers celebrates the variety of ways Jewish men engage in personal dialogue with God--with words of praise, petition, joy, gratitude, wonder and even anger--from the ancient world up to our own day. Drawn from mystical, traditional, biblical, Talmudic, Hasidic and modern sources, these prayers will help you deepen your relationship with God and help guide your journey of self-discovery, healing and spiritual awareness. Together they provide a powerful and creative expression of Jewish men's inner lives, and the always revealing, sometimes painful, sometimes joyous--and often even practical--practice that prayer can be. Jewish Men Pray will challenge your preconceived ideas about prayer. It will inspire you to explore new ways of prayerful expression, new paths for finding the sacred in the ordinary and new possibilities for understanding the Jewish relationship with the Divine. This is a book to treasure and to share. Contributors: Israel Abrahams - Aharon of Karlin - Daniel S. Alexander - Alexandri (third century CE) - Bezalel Aloni - Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, DHL - Rabbi Samuel Barth - Hillel Bavli (1893-1961) - Shye Ben-Tzur - Chaim Nachman Bialik (1873-1934) - Sheldon H. Blank (1896-1989) - Ben Zion Bokser (1907-1984) - Harold Braunstein - Daniel S. Brenner - Eliezer Bugatin - Shlomo Carlebach - (1925-1994) - Avraham Chalfi (1904-1980) - Rabbi Howard Cooper - Rabbi Menachem Creditor - Abraham Danziger (1748-1820) - Harry K. Danziger - Elazar (end of first century CE) - Elimelech of Lizhensk (1717-1787) - Dov Peretz Elkins - Abraham ibn Ezra (1089-1164) - Morley T. Feinstein - Edward Feld - Adam D. Fisher - Ira Flax - Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021-1058) - Elihu Gevirtz - Jeffrey Goldwasser - James Stone Goodman - Rabbi Arthur Green - Sidney Greenberg (1917-2003) - Judah HaLevi (1075-1141) - Rabbi Jules Harlow - Rabbi Shai Held - Rabbi Hayim Herring - Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972) - Lawrence A. Hoffman - Rabbi David A. Ingber - Rabbi Ben Kamin - Yehuda Karni (1884-1949) - Rabbi Paul J. Kipnes - Eliahu J. Klein - Cantor Jeffrey Klepper - Rabbi Michael Knopf - Harold Kohn - Abraham Isaac Kook (1865-1935) - Rabbi Andy Koren - Rabbi Cary Kozberg - Rabbi Elliot Kukla - Rabbi Irwin Kula - Harold S. Kushner - Rabbi Lawrence Kushner - Rabbi Robert N. Levine - Rabbi Stan Levy - Immanuel Lubliner (1923-1997) - Moses Maimonides (1135-1204) - Mar the son of Rabina (fourth century) - Rabbi Craig Marantz - Danny Maseng - Daniel C. Matt - Hershel Jonah Matt (1922-1987) - Rabbi Ralph D. Mecklenburger - Andrew Meit - Rabbi Joseph B. Meszler - Jay Michaelson - Rabbi James L. Mirel - Nachman of Breslov (1772-1810) - Louis Newman - Dan Nichols - Reb Noson (1780-1844) - Rabbi Avi S. Olitzky - Rabbi Jesse Olitzky - Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky - Natan Ophir (Offenbacher) - Bachya ibn Pakuda (eleventh century) - Daniel F. Polish - Andrew Ramer - Avrom Reyzen (1876-1953) - Haim O. Rechnitzer - Rabbi Jack Riemer - Rabbi Albert Ringer - Rabbi Brant Rosen - James B. Rosenberg - Joel Rosenberg - Robert Saks - Jeffrey Salkin - Rabbi Neil Sandler - Zalman Schachter-Shalomi - Rabbi Robert Scheinberg - Harold M. Schulweis - Rabbi Arthur Segal - Rabbi Rami M. Shapiro - Rabbi Rick Sherwin - Shneur Zalman of Liadi (1745-1812) - Yaakov David Shulman - Danny Siegel - Rifat Sonsino - Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz - Chaim Stern (1930-2001) - Rabbi Arnold Stiebel - Rabbi Warren Stone - Rabbi Neil A. Tow - Roy A. Walter - Simkha Y. Weintraub - Rabbi David Wolpe - Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev (1740-1809) - Hillel Zeitlin (1871-1942) - Rabbi Reuben Zellman - Rabbi Daniel G. Zemel - Rabbi Shawn Zevit - Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman - Rabbi Mishael Zion - Rabbi Raymond A. Zwerin |
Contributor Bio(s): Artson, Bradley Shavit: - Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, DHL (www.bradartson.com), an inspiring speaker and educator, holds the Abner and Roslyn Goldstine Dean's Chair of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies and is vice president of American Jewish University in Los Angeles. He is a member of the philosophy department, supervises the Miller Introduction to Judaism Program and mentors Camp Ramah in California. He is also dean of Zecharias Frankel College in Potsdam, Germany, ordaining rabbis for the European Union. A regular columnist for the Huffington Post, he is author of many articles and books, including God of Becoming and Relationship: The Dynamic Nature of Process Theology and Passing Life's Tests: Spiritual Reflections on the Trial of Abraham, the Binding of Isaac (both Jewish Lights). Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, DHL, is available to speak on the following topics: - Almighty? No Way! Loving the God You Actually Believe in - What I Learned Ordaining and Installing Uganda's First African Rabbi (and Sailing up the Nile!) - All God's Children: Sharing Life with My Autistic Son - Embracing the World: Science and Religion - Jewish Continuity: What's in It for Me? Matlins, Stuart M.: - Stuart M. Matlins is founder, editor-in-chief and publisher of Jewish Lights Publishing and SkyLight Paths Publishing. Both imprints focus on religion and spirituality from a broad non-denominational perspective. He is author or editor of several books, including the best-selling How to Be a Perfect Stranger: The Essential Religious Etiquette Handbook (SkyLight Paths); The Jewish Lights Spirituality Handbook: A Guide to Understanding, Exploring & Living a Spiritual Life (Jewish Lights); The Perfect Stranger's Guide to Wedding Ceremonies: A Guide to Etiquette in Other People's Religious Ceremonies; and The Perfect Stranger's Guide to Funerals and Grieving Practices: A Guide to Etiquette in Other People's Religious Ceremonies (both SkyLight Paths).Stuart was the 2014 recipient of the Abraham Geiger Medal, an award recognizing outstanding service to religious pluralism, and the 2006 recipient of the American Jewish Distinguished Service Award, an annual presentation of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. He was a member of the First Catholic/Jewish Lay Conference at the Vatican in October 2007, an event under the auspices of the Interreligious Information Center.Among his many speaking appearances, Stuart has been the scholar-in-residence or guest lecturer at the National Funeral Director's Association convention, Temple Isaiah (Palm Springs, CA), The Jewish Center of the Hamptons (East Hampton, NY), Temple Sholom (Plainfield, NJ), Israel Congregation (Manchester, NH) and at the annual gatherings of the Jewish Community Centers Association and the Jewish Outreach Institute. He also has been a featured speaker or panel member at many Book Expo America conventions, and at the biennial Festival of Faith and Writing at Calvin College, as well as at churches and other conferences.Before publishing took over his life, he was a management consultant for over thirty years as a managing partner with Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. and then heading his own consulting firm.He is the cofounder of an innovative synagogue in Woodstock, Vermont, with his wife, Antoinette Matlins, and served as lay spiritual leader for nineteen of its twenty-one years. He has served for over twenty years on the Board of Governors of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, and was chair of the Board of Overseers of its New York School. He is widely recognized as a leader in the spiritual transformation of Judaism in our time.Stuart is listed in Who's Who in America.Olitzky, Kerry: -Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky, named one of the fifty leading rabbis in North America by Newsweek, is well known for his inspiring books that bring the Jewish wisdom tradition into everyday life. He is executive director of Big Tent Judaism, formerly Jewish Outreach Institute, and is author of many books on Jewish spirituality, healing and Jewish religious practice, including Making a Successful Jewish Interfaith Marriage: The Big Tent Judaism Guide to Opportunities, Challenges and Resources; Introducing My Faith and My Community: The Jewish Outreach Institute Guide for a Christian in a Jewish Interfaith Relationship; Jewish Paths toward Healing and Wholeness: A Personal Guide to Dealing with Suffering; Grief in Our Seasons: A Mourner's Kaddish Companion; Twelve Jewish Steps to Recovery: A Personal Guide to Turning from Alcoholism & Other Addictions--Drugs, Food, Gambling, Sex...; Facing Cancer as a Family; Life's Daily Blessings: Inspiring Reflections on Gratitude for Every Day, Based on Jewish Wisdom; 100 Blessings Every Day: Daily Twelve Step Recovery Affirmations, Exercises for Personal Growth and Renewal Reflecting Seasons of the Jewish Year and Recovery from Codependance: A Jewish Twelve Step Guide to Healing Your Soul. He is also coauthor of Grandparenting Interfaith Grandchildren; Jewish Holidays: A Brief Introduction for Christians; Jewish Ritual: A Brief Introduction for Christians; Renewed Each Day, Vol. One--Genesis and Exodus: Daily Twelve Step Recovery Meditations; Renewed Each Day, Vol. Two--Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy: Daily Twelve Step Recovery Meditations Based on the Bible and coeditor of The Rituals and Practices of a Jewish Life: A Handbook for Personal Spiritual Renewal (all Jewish Lights).
Click here to contact the author. Alexandri: -Alexandri (third century CE) was one of two Talmudic Rabbis from Bezalel Aloni is managing director and producer of Piano Music in Hillel Bavli (1893-1961) was a Hebrew poet, author, and professor of Shye Ben-Tzur is an Israeli qawwali singer who composes qawwalis Chaim Nachman Bialik (1873-1934) was a Russian-born Hebrew Ben Zion Bokser (1907-1984) was a major figure in the Conservative Harold Braunstein lives in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York. Brenner, Daniel Silberman: -Rabbi Daniel Silberman Brenner is a Senior Teaching Fellow at CLAL. He received his M.A. in Hebrew Letters and his ordination from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. Carlebach, Shlomo: -Shlomo Carlebach (1925-1994) was a rabbi, musician, and founder of Avraham Chalfi (1904-1980) was an Israeli actor and poet. Comins, Mike: -Rabbi Mike Comins, the founder of TorahTrek Spiritual Wilderness Adventures (www.TorahTrek.com) and the Institute for Jewish Wilderness Spirituality (www.ijws-online.org), is the author of A Wild Faith: Jewish Ways into Wilderness, Wilderness Ways into Judaism (Jewish Lights) and Making Prayer Real: Leading Jewish Spiritual Voices on Why Prayer Is Difficult and What to Do about It. He studied classical Jewish texts at the Pardes Institute, earned his MA in Jewish education from Hebrew University and was ordained in the Israeli rabbinical program of Hebrew Union College. He was a founding member and the first director of education at Kehilat Kol Haneshama in Jerusalem. He lives, teaches and writes in Los Angeles, and serves as a scholar-in-residence for schools and synagogues around the world. Rabbi Mike Comins is available to speak on the following topics:
Howard Cooper is widely recognized as one of the most eloquent and vital new voices of spirituality in the world today. He is a rabbi in London. Creditor, Menachem: -Menachem Creditor, rabbi, is the spiritual leader of Congregation Abraham Danziger (1748-1820), rabbi, was a contemporary of Rabbi Harry K. Danziger is rabbi emeritus of Temple Israel in Memphis, Daniel S. Alexander is rabbi of Congregation Beth Israel in Samuel Barth, rabbi, is senior lecturer in liturgy at The Jewish Sheldon H. Blank (1896-1989), PhD, rabbi, was a professor of Bible Elazar (end of first century CE), although mentioned by his first name, Elimelech of Lizhensk (1717-1787) was one of the great founding Eliezer Bugatin is a Hebrew poet. Feinstein, Morley T.: -Morley T. Feinstein is rabbi of the University Synagogue in Los Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins, award-winning anthologist, lecturer, educator and author, is co-editor of the best-selling Chicken Soup for the Jewish Soul. Widely published in the Jewish and general press, he is author of The Wisdom of Judaism: An Introduction to the Values of the Talmud (Jewish Lights), and is editor of Yom Kippur Readings: Inspiration, Information and Contemplation; Rosh Hashanah Readings: Inspiration, Information and Contemplation; and Jewish Stories from Heaven and Earth: Inspiring Tales to Nourish the Heart and Soul (all Jewish Lights). He is rabbi emeritus of The Jewish Center of Princeton, New Jersey, and a former member of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly and the Council for Jewish Education. Visit his websites--www.wisdomofjudaism.org and www.eco-judaism.org--for more information. Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins is available to speak on the following topics:
Abraham ibn Ezra (1089-1164) was a Spanish rabbi who is recognized Ira Flax is rabbi for youth and education at Temple Beth El in Rabbi Edward Feld is currently rabbi-in-residence at The Jewish Theological Seminary, where he mentors a new generation of student rabbis. He has served as a college chaplain at Princeton University, Smith and Amherst Colleges and the University of Illinois. He is author of The Spirit of Renewal: Finding Faith after the Holocaust. He has also served as rabbi to New York's Society for the Advancement of Judaism. He is currently chair of the new High Holiday Prayerbook Commission of the Rabbinical Assembly and a member of the steering committee of Rabbis for Human Rights, North America. Active as a teacher of spirituality to university students, scholars and rabbis, he has also worked with Catholic and Protestant spiritual leaders. He was a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, and the organizer of its theology seminar. Sharing his unique and moving message with people around the world, Rabbi Edward Feld has lectured at many institutions of learning, including: The Jewish Theological Seminary; Mt. Saviour Monastery; The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College; the University of California; and the University of Chicago.
Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021-1058) was a Spanish-Jewish philosopher Mordecai Finley is rabbi of Ohr Hatorah in Los Angeles, California. Gevirtz, Elihu: -Elihu Gevirtz has worked as a professional biologist and land-use Adam D. Fisher is rabbi emeritus at Temple Isaiah in Stony Brook, Jeffrey Goldwasser is rabbi of Temple Beit HaYam in Stuart, Florida. Goodman, James Stone: -James Stone Goodman, musician and poet, is rabbi of Neve Shalom in St. Louis, Missouri and founder of S.L.I.C.H.A. (St. Louis Information Committee and Hotline on Addiction). Green, Arthur: -Arthur Green, PhD, is recognized as one of the world's preeminent authorities on Jewish thought and spirituality. He is the Irving Brudnick professor of philosophy and religion at Hebrew College and rector of the Rabbinical School, which he founded in 2004. Professor emeritus at Brandeis University, he also taught at the University of Pennsylvania and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, where he served as dean and president. Dr. Green is author of several books including Ehyeh: A Kabbalah for Tomorrow; Seek My Face: A Jewish Mystical Theology; Your Word Is Fire: The Hasidic Masters on Contemplative Prayer; and Tormented Master: The Life and Spiritual Quest of Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav (all Jewish Lights). He is also author of Radical Judaism (Yale University Press) and co-editor of Speaking Torah: Spiritual Teachings from around the Maggid's Table. He is long associated with the Havurah movement and a neo-Hasidic approach to Judaism. Greenberg, Sidney: -Sidney Greenberg (1917-2003) was rabbi of Temple Sinai in Dresher, Judah HaLevi (1075-1141) was a Spanish liturgical poet and author David A. Ingber is rabbi of Romemu in New York, New York. Klepper, Jeffrey: -Jeffrey Klepper serves as cantor of Temple Sinai in Sharon, Harold Kohn is a member of the faculty of the University of North Andy Koren is rabbi at Temple Emanuel in Greensboro, North Rabbi Elliot Rose Kukla received his ordination at Hebrew Union College in 2006. Currently a fellow in clinical pastoral education at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center, he previously served as the rabbi of Danforth Jewish Circle. Kukla is the author of a number of articles on the intersections between Judaism and justice. Harlow, Jules: -Jules Harlow, rabbi and liturgist, edited the prayer books for the Rabbi Shai Held is cofounder, rosh ha-yeshiva, and chair in Jewish thought at Rabbi Irwin Kula is president of CLAL--The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, a leading voice for religious pluralism in the Jewish community. A sought-after speaker, he was named by the PBS program Religion & Ethics Newsweekly as one of the "10 People to Watch" helping to shape the American spiritual landscape. Fast Company magazine listed him as one of the seventeen new economy leaders, and Forward newspaper named him one of the top fifty Jewish leaders in America. He received his rabbinic ordination from The Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Herring, Hayim: -Hayim Herring, rabbi, is CEO of Herring Consulting Network. Kushner, Harold S.: -Harold S. Kushner is author of the best-selling books When Bad Things Happen to Good People and Living a Life That Matters. Heschel, Abraham Joshua: -Abraham Joshua Heschel was born in Poland in 1907, received his early education from a yeshiva (a school for Talmudic or rabbinical study), and earned his doctorate from the University of Berlin. In 1939, six weeks before the Nazi invasion of Poland, he left for London and then for the United States, where he taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City from 1945 until his death in 1972.An activist as well as a scholar and a teacher, Heschel was deeply engaged in social movements for peace, civil rights, and interfaith understanding.The following three selections are excerpted from his 1965 work, Who Is Man? Hoffman, Lawrence A.: -Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD, has served for more than three decades as professor of liturgy at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. He is a world-renowned liturgist and holder of the Stephen and Barbara Friedman Chair in Liturgy, Worship and Ritual. His work combines research in Jewish ritual, worship and spirituality with a passion for the spiritual renewal of contemporary Judaism. He has written and edited many books, including All the World: Universalism, Particularism and the High Holy Days; May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism--Yizkor, We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism--Ashamnu and Al Chet, Who by Fire, Who by Water--Un'taneh Tokef and All These Vows--Kol Nidre, the first five volumes in the Prayers of Awe series; the My People's Prayer Book: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries series, winner of the National Jewish Book Award; and he is coeditor of My People's Passover Haggadah: Traditional Texts, Modern Commentaries (all Jewish Lights), a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. Rabbi Hoffman is a developer of Synagogue 3000, a transdenominational project designed to envision and implement the ideal synagogue of the spirit for the twenty-first century. Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD, is available to speak on the following topics:
Click here to contact the author. Kushner, Lawrence: - Rabbi Lawrence Kushner is one of the most widely read authors by people of all faiths on Jewish spiritual life. He is the best-selling author of such books as Invisible Lines of Connection: Sacred Stories of the Ordinary; God Was in This Place & I, i Did Not Know: Finding Self, Spirituality and Ultimate Meaning; Honey from the Rock: An Introduction to Jewish Mysticism; The Book of Letters: A Mystical Hebrew Alphabet; The Book of Miracles: A Young Person's Guide to Jewish Spiritual Awareness; The Book of Words: Talking Spiritual Life, Living Spiritual Talk; Eyes Remade for Wonder: A Lawrence Kushner Reader; I'm God, You're Not: Observations on Organized Religion and other Disguises of the Ego; Jewish Spirituality: A Brief Introduction for Christians; The River of Light: Jewish Mystical Awareness; The Way Into Jewish Mystical Tradition; and co-author of Because Nothing Looks Like God; How Does God Make Things Happen?; Where Is God?; What Does God Look Like?; and In God's Hands. He is the Emanu-El Scholar at San Francisco's Congregation Emanu-El and an adjunct professor of Jewish mysticism and spirituality at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.Rabbi Lawrence Kushner is available to speak on the following topics: - Jewish Mystical Imagination- Rymanover's Silent Aleph: What Really Happened on Sinai- Zohar on Romance and Revelation- What Makes Kabbalah Kabbalah- Sacred Stories of the Ordinary: When God Makes a Surprise Appearance in Everyday LifeClick here to contact the author. Kamin, Ben: - Ben Kamin is a rabbi and author who formerly led The Temple- Yehuda Karni (1884-1949) was a Hebrew poet from Minsk who Stan Levy is founder, rabbi, and spiritual leader of B'nai Horin-- Rabbi Paul Kipnes is spiritual leader of Congregation Or Ami in Calabasas, California. A former camp director, North American Federation of Temple Youth regional advisor and national award-winning Jewish educator, he lectures regularly on raising ethical, resilient Jewish children. Lubliner, Immanuel: -Immanuel Lubliner (1923-1997) served as rabbi of Greenburgh Eliahu J. Klein is a Jewish chaplain for the State of California. Maimonides, Moses: -Moses Maimonides (1135-1204) was a rabbi, theologian, and Michael Knopf is a rabbi at Har Zion Temple in Philadelphia, Mar the son of Rabina (fourth century) was a Talmudic Rabbi. Kook, Abraham Isaac: -Abraham Isaac Kook (1865-1935), mystic and kabbalist, served as the Cary Kozberg is director of rabbinical and pastoral services for Wexner Heritage Village in Columbus, Ohio, where he lives with his wife, Ellen, and their four children. Levine, Robert N.: -Rabbi Robert N. Levine is widely recognized as one of the most inspiring spiritual teachers of his generation. He is senior rabbi of the largest synagogue on Manhattan's Upper West Side, Temple Rodeph Sholom. A sought-after speaker and media guest, and an active participant in interfaith dialogue and teaching, he is also the author of Where Are You When I Need You? Maseng, Danny: -Danny Maseng is a singer songwriter, and chazzan of Temple Israel in Daniel C. Matt is a leading authority on the Zohar and Kabbalah. He is the author of the best-selling The Essential Kabbalah (HarperSanFrancisco, translated into seven languages); Zohar: The Book of Enlightenment (Paulist Press); God and the Big Bang: Discovering Harmony Between Science and Spirituality; and Zohar: Annotated and Explained (Jewish Lights). He is also the author of the annotated translation The Zohar: Pritzker Edition (Stanford University Press). He has so far completed six volumes of this immense project, which has been hailed as "a monumental contribution to the history of Jewish thought." Formerly professor of Jewish spirituality at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, Daniel C. Matt now resides in Berkeley.
Click here to contact the author. Marantz, Craig: -Craig Marantz is rabbi of Congregation Kol Haverim in Gastonbury, Jay Michaelson has taught Kabbalah, mindfulness, and embodied spiritual practice at Yale University, City College, Elat Chayyim, the Skirball Center, and the Wexner Summer Institute, among other institutions. Chief editor of Zeek: A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture, he is a regular contributor to the Forward, the Jerusalem Post, Slate and other publications. He holds a JD from Yale and an MA in religious studies from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he is currently a doctoral candidate. Mirel, James L.: -Rabbi James L. Mirel has served as spiritual leader of Temple B'nai Torah in Bellevue, Washington, for more than a decade. He is one of the most respected congregational rabbis in the United States, and has received awards and recognition for his work in Jewish and communal services. He has served as a religion columnist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and as a radio talk show host on the award-winning God Talk. Matt, Hershel Jonah: -Hershel Jonah Matt (1922-1987) served as rabbi of several Ralph D. Mecklenburger speaks nationally on topics related to science and religion, Judaism and Jewish-Christian dialogue. He is rabbi at Beth-El Congregation in Fort Worth, Texas, an adjunct faculty member at Brite Divinity School, and has served as the Jewish co-chair of the Texas Conference of Churches' Jewish-Christian Forum. Nachman of Breslov: -Nachman of Breslov (1772-1810) was founder of the Breslov Hasidic Andrew Meit is a graphic artist and programmer. Meszler, Joseph B.: -Rabbi Joseph B. Meszler is a noted spiritual leader and educator, recognized for his ability to connect the importance of Jewish tradition with everyday life. He is coauthor of The JGuy's Guide: The GPS for Jewish Teen Guys and author of A Man's Responsibility: A Jewish Guide to Being a Son, a Partner in Marriage, a Father and a Community Leader; Witnesses to the One: The Spiritual History of the Sh'ma and Facing Illness, Finding God: How Judaism Can Help You and Caregivers Cope When Body or Spirit Fails (all Jewish Lights). He is the rabbi at Temple Sinai in Sharon, Massachusetts, and an instructor at the Kehillah Schechter Academy.
Click here to contact the author. Olitzky, Avi S.: -Rabbi Avi S. Oli"Newman, Louis E.: - Dr. Louis E. Newman is the John M. and Elizabeth W. Musser Professor of Religious Studies at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. He is author of Past Imperatives: Studies in the History and Theory of Jewish Ethics; An Introduction to Jewish Ethics; and the LifeLights(TM) pastoral care booklet Doing Teshuvah: Undoing Mistakes, Repairing Relationships and Finding Inner Peace (Jewish Lights). Dr. Newman is available for scholar-in-residence weekends and repentance workshops. Dr. Louis Newman is available to speak on the following topics: Dan Nichols is a singer and songwriter. Reb Noson (1780-1844) was the primary disciple and scribe of Rabbi |