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    prayer

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    Excerpt: A Cry in Unison

    Judy Cohen
    September 13, 2021
    Essay

    Kad­dish for Covid Times

    Nao­mi L. Baum
    March 29, 2021
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    Non­fic­tion
    Amer­i­can Jew­ish Thought Since 1934: Writ­ings on Iden­ti­ty, Engage­ment, and Belief
    Edited by Michael Marmur and David Ellenson 
    Essay

    Act of God

    Alex Kress
    September 23, 2020
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    Poet­ry
    This Pre­cious Life: Encoun­ter­ing the Divine with Poet­ry and Prayer
    Alden Solovy
    Essay

    A Remixed Yahrzeit Two Years in a Row

    Rober­ta Rosen­thal Kwall
    July 13, 2020
    Poetry

    Two Prayers

    Daniel Tor­day
    February 28, 2020
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    Mishkan Ga’avah: Where Pride Dwells: A Cel­e­bra­tion of LGBTQ Jew­ish Life and Ritual
    Denise Eger (Editor)
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    Jew­ish Text
    Pre­pare My Prayer
    Rabbi Dov Singer
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    Chil­dren’s
    Right Side Up: Adven­tures in Chelm
    Eric A. Kimmel (auth.), Steve Brown (illus.)
    Cover of My Year of Kaddish: Mourning, Memory and Meaning
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    My Year of Kad­dish: Mourn­ing, Mem­o­ry and Meaning
    Nao­mi L. Baum
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    Chil­dren’s
    Jack­ie and Jesse and Joni and Jae: A Rosh Hashanah Story
    Chris Barash, Christine Battuz (Illus.)
    Essay

    The First Egal­i­tar­i­an Minyan?

    Shari Rabin
    March 27, 2018
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    Poet­ry
    Open My Lips: Prayers and Poems
    Rachel Barenblat
    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
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