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The Rabbis’ Bookshelf
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Tefillah/Prayer
Or Hadash: A Commentary on Siddur Sim Shalom for Shabbat and Festivals by Reuven Hammer
Entering Jewish Prayer: A Guide to Personal Devotion and the Worship Service , by Reuven Hammer
My People's Prayer Book, Vol. 1: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries--The Sh'ma and Its Blessings , edited by Lawrence Hoffman
(Note: The title listed above is the first of many volumes in a multi-volume commentary on the siddur, all entitled My People's Prayer Book.)
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Spirituality and Mysticism
Climbing Jacob's Ladder , by Alan Morinis
The Way Into Jewish Mystical Tradition ,
by Lawrence Kushner
Jewish Spiritual Practices , by Yitzhak Buxbaum
Reclaiming Judaism as a Spiritual Practice ,
by Rabbi Goldie Milgram
The Jewish Lights Spirituality Handbook , edited by Stuart M. Matlins
6 Jewish Spiritual Paths , by Rabbi Rifat Sonsino
A Book of Life: Embracing Judaism as a Spiritual Practice , by Michael Strassfeld
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Conservative Judaism
Conservative Judaism: Our Ancestors to Our Descendants , by Elliot Dorff
Taking Hold of Torah , by Arnold Eisen
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Jewish Values and Ethics
The Book of Jewish Values , by Joseph Telushkin
A Code of Jewish Ethics , by Joseph Telushkin
To Do the Right and the Good: A Jewish Approach to Modern Social Ethics , by Elliot Dorff
Love Your Neighbor and Yourself: A Jewish Approach to Modern Personal Ethics , by Elliot Dorff
The Way Into Tikkun Olam, by Elliot Dorff
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Introduction to Judaism
Jewish Literacy , by Joseph Telushkin
The Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism , by Prager and Telushkin
It's a Mitzvah! , by Bradley Shavit Artson
Why Be Jewish? by David Wolpe
Choosing Judaism , by Lydia Kukoff
Keeping Kosher: A Diet for the Soul , by Samuel Dresner
The Shabbat Seder , by Ron Wolfson
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Holidays, Life Cycles and Jewish Living
A Guide to Jewish Religious Practice , by Isaac Klein
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide and Commentary , by Michael Strassfeld
A Book of Life: Embracing Judaism as a Spiritual Practice, by Michael Strassfeld
The Tapestry of Jewish Time: A Spiritual Guide to Holidays and Life-Cycle Events , by Nina Beth Cardin
The Rituals & Practices of a Jewish Life: A Handbook for Personal Spiritual Renewal , edited by Kerry Olitzky and Daniel Judson
The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays , by Irving Greenberg
The Sabbath , by Abraham Joshua Heschel
A Day Apart: Shabbat at Home , by Noam Zachs Zion and Shawn Fields-Meyer
Celebration and Renewal: Rites of Passage in Judaism , edited by Rella Geffen
The Jewish Pregnancy Book , by Sandy Falk, M.D., and Rabbi Daniel Judson
Tears of Sorrow, Seeds of Hope: A Jewish Spiritual Companion for Infertility and Pregnancy Loss , by Nina Beth Cardin
The New Jewish Baby Book: Names, Ceremonies & Customs - A Guide for Today's Families , by Anita Diamant
Parenting as a Spiritual Journey , by Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer
The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children , by Wendy Mogul
Parenting Jewish Teens: A Guide for the Perplexed , by Joanne Doades
Putting God on the Guest List: How to Reclaim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Child's Bar or Bat Mitzvah , by Jeffrey Salkin
Whose Bar/Bat Mitzvah Is This, Anyway?, by Judith Davis
Danny Siegel's Bar and Bat Mitzvah Mitzvah Book (A Practical Guide for Changing the World Through Your Simcha) , by Danny Siegel
The New Jewish Wedding , by Anita Diamant
A Time to Mourn, a Time to Comfort: A Guide to Jewish Bereavement , by Ron Wolfson
Consolation: The Spiritual Journey Beyond Grief , by Maurice Lamm
Making Loss Matter: Creating Meaning in Difficult Times , by David Wolpe
To Begin Again: The Journey Toward Comfort, Strength and Faith in Difficult Times , by Naomi Levy
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Torah Study
Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary , edited by David Lieber
The Jewish Study Bible , edited by Adele Berlin, Marc Zvi Brettler and Michael Fishbane
How to Read the Bible , by Marc Zvi Brettler
The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary , by Robert Alter
The Contemporary Torah: A Gender-Sensitive Adaptation of the JPS Translation , edited by David S. Stein
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Theology and Jewish Thought
Knowing God: Jewish Journeys to the Unknowable , by Elliot Dorff
The Way Into Encountering God in Judaism , by Neil Gillman
Healer of Shattered Hearts , by David Wolpe
Judaism and Modern Man , by Will Herberg
When Bad Things Happen to Good People , by Harold Kushner
Who Needs God , by Harold Kushner
To Life: A Celebration of Jewish Being and Thinking , by Harold Kushner
Swimming in the Sea of Talmud , by Michael Katz and Gershon Schwartz
Searching for Meaning in Midrash , by Michael Katz and Gershon Schwartz
Jewish Wisdom , by Joseph Telushkin
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