Books
A curated library of books by Rabbi Menachem Creditor, organized by year and designed for easy browsing. This layout makes it simpler for readers to discover essay collections, Torah commentaries, poetry, prayer, and collaborative anthologies in one place.
2025
Recent essays, Zionist thought, Torah, and liturgical supplements
Struggling with Holiness and Power: Selected Essays, 2025
A collection of urgent essays wrestling with holiness, Jewish power, moral courage, grief, Zionism, and responsibility in the aftermath of October 7.
At Home in the World: Musings Toward a Zionist-Diasporic Vision
A meditation on Jewish peoplehood that frames Zionism and Diaspora as covenantal partners rather than rivals.
Genesis: Reflections on the Weekly Torah Portion
Book One of Timeless Torah, offering accessible and spiritually grounded commentary on the weekly Torah portion.
Foreword by Rabbi Susan Silverman.
Anti-Zionists, Unwitting Zionists: When Obsession Becomes Proof of Attachment
An argument that anti-Zionist fixation often reveals an unacknowledged attachment to Jewish peoplehood and sovereignty.
Am Yisrael Chai (Special Edition, 2025)
A combined edition gathering poems, prayers, essays, and sermons first written in the immediate aftermath of October 7.
Perhaps There is Hope: A Tisha B'Av Supplement
A contemporary anthology for Tisha B'Av that holds grief and hope in sacred tension.
Co-edited with Dr. Ora Horn Prouser.
At the Mountain: An Anthology of Jewish Reflections on God, Commandedness, and Spirituality
A gathering of diverse contemporary voices reflecting on God, revelation, obligation, and spiritual life.
Redemption Unfinished: A Seder Supplement
A Seder companion linking memory, freedom, responsibility, and the unfinished work of redemption.
2024
Post-October 7 reflections, prayer resources, poetry, and collected writings
Blessing in a Broken World: Selected Essays (2024)
A volume of essays on grief, hope, Torah, leadership, Pride, and the sacred work of justice in a fractured world.
Siddur Leivav Penimah: A Fully Transliterated Jewish Prayerbook for the Inner Heart
An accessible siddur with full transliterations and partial translations for prayer leaders, learners, and communities.
An Upside-Down World: Esther and Antisemitism
A Purim resource exploring antisemitism, courage, hidden identity, and communal resilience.
Co-edited with Dr. Ora Horn Prouser.
Zionism is Just
A concise reflection on Zionism, justice, self-determination, and the moral language of Jewish peoplehood.
Plagues and Promises: A Post October 7 Commentary on the Book of Exodus
A Torah commentary connecting Exodus to contemporary Jewish trauma, testimony, and endurance.
We Rise: An Anthology of High Holiday Sermons Delivered the Year after October 7
An international collection of rabbinic voices guiding communities through grief, courage, and hope.
After October 7: Essays
Fifty-three reflections bearing witness to devastation, resilience, memory, and moral response after October 7.
Crackling and Alive: Selected Writings 2006-2023
A curated selection of writings on justice, faith, Israel, and public moral life.
These Holy Days: A High Holiday Supplement After October 7
A companion for Elul and Tishrei re-reading the holy day season in light of trauma, memory, and prayer.
Co-edited with Dr. Ora Horn Prouser.
A Difficult Beginning: A Post October 7 Commentary on the Book of Genesis
The first volume of post-October 7 Torah commentary, connecting Bereshit to Jewish testimony and spiritual response.
Co-edited with Daphne Lazar Price.
God Kisses: Selected Writings 2023
A collection spanning protest, pain, faith, and spiritual response during a tumultuous year of Jewish history.
Israel Poems
A poetic love letter to Israel and the Jewish people, marked by longing, grief, prayer, and belonging.
Calling Out: Psalms for Today
A modern anthology of psalm-like prayers for a world marked by fear, conflict, and yearning for healing.
Co-edited with Sarah Tuttle-Singer.
Seder Interrupted: A Post-October 7 Haggadah Supplement
A Passover resource re-examining freedom, sorrow, solidarity, and Jewish ritual after October 7.
Co-edited with Dr. Ora Horn Prouser.
To Write of Love During War: Poems
A volume of poems and love letters to the Jewish people, written amid the wounds of war.
2023
Anthologies, social justice, AI Torah, and collected essays
Am Yisrael Chai: Essays, Prayers, and Poems
A two-volume emergency response anthology of Jewish voices grieving and gathering strength after October 7.
The Consequences of Listening: Selected Writings 2018-2022
Essays responding to pandemic, insurrection, polarization, racism, antisemitism, and the possibility of inspired life.
Impossible Torah: The Complete AI Torah Commentary
An experimental Torah project using AI-generated voices from across history and culture to reflect on each Torah portion.
Ending Gun Violence: Essays, Prayers, and Poems
A collection born from faith-based anti-gun-violence leadership and the urgency of ending America’s gun violence epidemic.
Foreword by Fred Guttenberg.
Exploring the Complicated Place of Progressive American Jewish Zionism
A collaborative volume on progressive Zionism, civic belonging, moral complexity, and the refusal of zero-sum politics.
Co-edited with Amanda Berman.
2022
Pandemic reflections, resilience, and anthologies
Honey from the Rock: A Pandemic-Era Rabbinic Anthology
A collection of rabbinic reflections from across the pandemic, amplifying comfort, vulnerability, and meaning-making.
Jewish Resilience: Rabbinic Reflections After Colleyville
A multivocal response to the Colleyville hostage crisis, centered on presence, resilience, and Jewish solidarity.
Foreword by Rabbi Angela Buchdahl.
2021 and earlier
Foundational collections, Jewish pride, pandemic writing, and Torah learning
A Rabbi's Heart: Selected Writings 2006-2017
A foundational collection of essays, stories, and reflections on soul, ethics, growth, and Jewish life.
Loud, Proud, and Jewish
An anthology of unapologetic Jewish pride, solidarity, and moral clarity amid rising antisemitism.
A Year of Torah
A contemporary Torah commentary emerging from daily learning broadcasts first shared during the pandemic.
When We Turned Within: Reflections on COVID-19
Reflections from the earliest COVID era, capturing fear, interiority, adaptation, and spiritual resilience.
Co-edited with Sarah Tuttle-Singer.
