Books
A curated list of my books, anthologies, prayer resources, and edited volumes—organized by year and topic.
2025
At Home in the World: Musings Toward a Zionist-Diasporic Vision
A meditation on Jewish peoplehood, sovereignty, dispersion, and moral responsibility.
Genesis: Reflections on the Weekly Torah Portion (Timeless Torah, Book One)
Torah commentary blending classical sources and contemporary spiritual reflection (Foreword: Rabbi Susan Silverman).
Anti-Zionists, Unwitting Zionists: When Obsession Becomes Proof of Attachment
A reframing of fixation, critique, pluralism, and covenantal responsibility.
Am Yisrael Chai (Special Edition, 2025)
Combined edition with a new introduction; poems, prayers, essays, and sermons from the immediate aftermath of October 7.
Perhaps There is Hope: A Tisha B’Av Supplement
Co-edited with Dr. Ora Horn Prouser; contemporary voices on grief, resilience, and hope.
At the Mountain: An Anthology of Jewish Reflections on God, Commandedness, and Spirituality
A multi-voice return to Sinai: belief, doubt, spiritual practice, and “the Jewish grammar of encounter.”
Redemption Unfinished: A Seder Supplement
A Pesach companion connecting memory, responsibility, and the unfinished work of redemption.
Blessing in a Broken World: Selected Essays (2024)
Essays spanning heartbreak and hope; Torah rhythm, tradition, and justice in a fractured world.
Siddur Leivav Penimah: A Fully Transliterated Jewish Prayerbook for the Inner Heart
A fully transliterated siddur with partial translations; rooted in tradition and designed for accessibility.
An Upside-Down World: Esther and Antisemitism
Co-edited with Dr. Ora Horn Prouser; a Purim resource facing antisemitism honestly while holding on to joy.
Zionism is Just
A concise exploration of Zionism, Judaism, justice, and human dignity—held together with nuance.
2024
Plagues and Promises: A Post October 7 Commentary on the Book of Exodus
A Torah commentary volume connecting Exodus to the post–October 7 Jewish moment.
WE RISE: An Anthology of High Holiday Sermons Delivered the Year after October 7
High Holiday sermons from rabbis across Israel, England, Canada, and the U.S.—resilience and hope one year later.
After October 7: Essays
Fifty-three reflections written in the year after October 7, bearing witness and insisting on resilience.
Crackling and Alive: Selected Writings 2006–2023
A curated collection of writings addressing urgent moral and spiritual issues.
These Holy Days: A High Holiday Supplement After October 7
Co-edited with Dr. Ora Horn Prouser; a companion for Elul/Tishrei in the shadow of October 7.
A Difficult Beginning: A Post October 7 Commentary on the Book of Genesis
Co-edited with Daphne Lazar Price; the first Post–October 7 Torah commentary volume.
God Kisses: Selected Writings 2023
Spiritual response across a tumultuous year—from protest to October 7.
Israel Poems
Poetry as love letter, prayer, and testimony—Israel and the Jewish People in a painful time.
Calling Out: Psalms for Today
Co-edited with Sarah Tuttle-Singer; modern-day psalms for an era of uncertainty and conflict.
Seder Interrupted: A Post-October 7 Hagaddah Supplement
A timely Pesach resource for processing October 7 and its aftermath.
Backlist (Selected)
The Consequences of Listening: Selected Writings 2018–2022
Spiritual response across pandemic, polarization, and antisemitism.
Impossible Torah: The Complete AI Torah Commentary
A Torah project using AI-generated voices; includes original introduction and conclusion.
Exploring the Complicated Place of Progressive American Jewish Zionism
Co-edited with Amanda Berman; voices navigating hybrid commitments and cancel-culture pressures.
A Rabbi’s Heart: Selected Writings 2006–2017
A wide-ranging selection across public life, soul-work, and rabbinic storytelling.
When We Turned Within: Reflections on COVID-19 (Vol. 1–2)
Co-edited with Sarah Tuttle-Singer; testimony, longing, hope, and shared humanity.
Siddur Tov LeHodot I (Shabbat Morning) & II (Shabbat Evening)
Fully transliterated, partially translated; aligned with many Traditional Egalitarian communities.
Peace in Our Cities: Rabbis Against Gun Violence
A prophetic call to seek the peace of the city in a gun-violence epidemic.
Slavery, Freedom, and Everything Between: The Why, How and What of Passover
Passover themes as a framework for widening freedom.
Primal Prayers: Spiritual Responses to a Real World
Prayers for the joys and challenges of daily life.
Rabbi Rebecca and the Thanksgiving Leftovers
A children’s story of wisdom and love through a Jewish Thanksgiving lens.
Thanksgiving Torah: Jewish Reflections on an American Holiday (Out of Print)
Short reflections on gratitude as a Jewish spiritual discipline in an American frame.
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