Books
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2025
Struggling with Holiness and Power: Selected Essays, 2025
Essays written amid October 7’s aftermath, antisemitism, war, grief, and moral complexity.
At Home in the World: Musings Toward a Zionist-Diasporic Vision
A meditation on Jewish peoplehood—Zionism and Diaspora as covenantal partners.
Genesis: Reflections on the Weekly Torah Portion (Timeless Torah, Book One)
Weekly Torah reflections blending traditional interpretation and contemporary spiritual insight.
Anti-Zionists, Unwitting Zionists: When Obsession Becomes Proof of Attachment
A reframing of fixation, critique, and covenantal responsibility.
Am Yisrael Chai (Special Edition, 2025)
Combined edition with a new introduction; poems, prayers, essays, sermons after October 7.
Perhaps There is Hope: A Tisha B’Av Supplement
Co-edited with Dr. Ora Horn Prouser; contemporary voices on grief, resilience, 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 encounter.
Redemption Unfinished: A Seder Supplement
A Pesach companion connecting memory, responsibility, and unfinished redemption.
Blessing in a Broken World: Selected Essays (2024)
A collection of essays written across 2024—grief, resilience, Torah rhythm, and justice.
Siddur Leivav Penimah: A Fully Transliterated Jewish Prayerbook for the Inner Heart
Fully transliterated siddur with partial translations; designed for accessibility.
An Upside-Down World: Esther and Antisemitism
Co-edited with Dr. Ora Horn Prouser; a Purim resource facing antisemitism honestly.
Zionism is Just
A concise exploration of Zionism, Judaism, justice, and human dignity.
2024
Plagues and Promises: A Post October 7 Commentary on the Book of Exodus
Post–October 7 Torah commentary volume on Exodus.
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.
Crackling and Alive: Selected Writings 2006–2023
A curated collection of writings addressing pressing moral and spiritual issues.
These Holy Days: A High Holiday Supplement After October 7
Co-edited with Dr. Ora Horn Prouser; Elul/Tishrei companion after October 7.
A Difficult Beginning: A Post October 7 Commentary on the Book of Genesis
Co-edited with Daphne Lazar Price; first Post–October 7 Torah commentary volume.
God Kisses: Selected Writings 2023
Spiritual response across a tumultuous year—from protest to October 7.
Calling Out: Psalms for Today
Co-edited with Sarah Tuttle-Singer; modern-day psalms for an era of uncertainty.
Seder Interrupted: A Post-October 7 Hagaddah Supplement
Co-edited with Dr. Ora Horn Prouser; a Pesach resource for the post–October 7 moment.
Selected / Earlier
The Consequences of Listening: Selected Writings 2018–2022
Essays spanning pandemic, January 6, polarization, antisemitism, and spiritual response.
Impossible Torah: The Complete AI Torah Commentary
A complete Torah commentary project engaging AI-generated voices and contemporary reflection.
Exploring the Complicated Place of Progressive American Jewish Zionism
Co-edited with Amanda Berman; voices navigating hybrid commitments and polarization.
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