BOOKS
2001 - Present
Freelance Editor & Writer
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1998 - 2001
The Free Press
Simon & Schuster
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FREELANCE PROJECTS
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Forty Years in the Wilderness: My Journey to Authentic Living
Yiscah Smith
Yiscah's 40-year memoir details her joys and struggles with her own spirituality, gender identity, and commitment to living true to herself. The story she tells is one of a man, facing his truth, embracing the woman she was always meant to be, and returning to her faith with wholeness and authenticity.
Wooded Isle Press, 2014.
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Religion Gone Astray: What We Found at the Heart of Interfaith
Pastor Don Mackenzie, Rabbi Ted Falcon, and Imam Jamal Rahman
Expanding on the conversation started in their first book, the Interfaith Amigos--a pastor, a rabbi and an imam--probe more deeply into the problem aspects of our religious institutions to provide a profound understanding of the nature of what divides us.
Skylight Paths Publishing, 2011.
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God of Me: Imagining God Throughout Your Lifetime
Rabbi David Lyon
From the earliest ideas of a bearded Diety on a heavenly throne to the mature image of God as a spiritual companion and source of comfort, Rabbi Lyon helps you cut through any preconceived ideas of God you imagined in your childhood and any dogmas that have stifled your creativity and reveals how you can enjoy a unique relationship with the God of you.
Jewish Lights Publishing, 2011.
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Capturing the Moon: Classic and Modern Jewish Texts
Rabbi Edward Feinstein
In this new collection of classic and modern folktales, Rabbi Edward M. Feinstein reminds us why stories are so important. Capturing the Moon brings together thirty-six beloved Jewish folktales in six thematic sections
Behrman House Publishing, 2008.
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Conscience: The Duty to Obey and the Duty to Disobey
Rabbi Harold Schulweis
Winner of the 2008 National Jewish Book Award for Contemporary Jewish Life and Practice, this book is Rabbi Schulweis' essay on the difficult subject of obedience and protest in Jewish life.
Jewish Lights Publishing, 2008.
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The Way Into Varieties of Jewishness
Sylvia Barack Fishman
Professor of contemporary Jewish life at Brandeis University, and co-director of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Sylvia Barack Fishman authors the seventh book in the 14-volume �Way Into� series, an accessible introduction to the many ways Jews identify themselves and their communities�throughout history and today.
Jewish Lights Publishing, 2006.
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The Way Into Judaism and the Environment
Jeremy Benstein, PhD
This is the sixth book in the 14-volume "Way Into" series, which aims to provide an accessible and highly usable "guided tour" of the Jewish faith, its history and beliefs.
Jewish Lights Publishing, 2006.
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The Way Into Tikkun Olam (Repairing the World)
Rabbi Elliot Dorff
This is the fifth book in the 14-volume "Way Into" series, which aims to provide an accessible and highly usable "guided tour" of the Jewish faith, its history and beliefs.
Jewish Lights Publishing, 2005.
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Spiritual Community: The Power to Restore Hope, Commitment And Joy
Rabbi David A. Teutsch
Reconstructionist Rabbi David Teutsch addresses clergy and lay leaders of American Jewish congregations about how they can better build and maintain functional and spiritually meaningful lives for their communities.
Jewish Lights Publishing, 2005.
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How to Survive Your Move
edited by Jamie Allen and Kazz Regelman
Editorial advisor for the fifth in the advice-book series.
Hundreds of Heads Books, Inc, 2005.
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How to Survive Your Marriage
ed. Yadin Kaufmann and Jamie Allen
Editorial advisor for the fourth in the advice-book series.
Hundreds of Heads Books, Inc, 2005.
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The Women's Haftarah Commentary
Rabbi Elyse Goldstein, Editor
A collection of articles by female rabbis and scholars on the weekly Haftorah portions, the five Megillot, and special readings for specific Sabbaths.
Jewish Lights Publishing, 2004.
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The Women's Passover Companion: Women's Reflections on the Festival of Freedom
Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, Tara Mohr and Catherine Spector, eds.
The first in a two-volume collection of articles exploring women's issues in the context of Passover and texts to use at the seder table. The books celebrate the diverse voices of leading scholars and students from the feminist movement and beyond, and are edited by three young activists from Yale.
Jewish Lights Publishing, 2003.
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The Women's Seder Sourcebook: Rituals & Readings for Use at the Passover Seder
Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, Tara Mohr and Catherine Spector, eds.
The second in a two-volume collection of articles exploring women's issues in the context of Passover and texts to use at the seder table. The books celebrate the diverse voices of leading scholars and students from the feminist movement and beyond, and are edited by three young activists from Yale.
Jewish Lights Publishing, 2003.
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Ehyeh: A Kabbalah for Tomorrow
Arthur Green
Brandeis University professor of Jewish mysticism and author of numerous books on the topic writes a book for today�s spiritual seeker, an overview of what Judaism and Kabbalah has to offer the modern mystic. Finalist, 2002-03 National Jewish Book Award for Modern Jewish Thought and Experience.
Jewish Lights Publishing, 2002.
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Splitting the Adam
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin
Riskin, the world-renown rabbi who started the settlement community of Efrat in Israel�s West Bank, writes about how we can apply Soloveitchik�s theory of Adam 1 and Adam 2 to our contemporary lives.
Part of this original manuscript was later published in Torah Lights: Genesis Confronts Life, Love and Family, Urim Publications, 2005.
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The Way Into Encountering God in Judaism
Rabbi Dr. Neil Gillman
Jewish Theological Seminary professor and rabbi Neil Gillman writes the third book in the 14-volume �Way Into� series, which aims to provide an accessible and highly usable �guided tour� of the Jewish faith, its history and beliefs.
Jewish Lights Publishing, 2001.
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