Who by Fire, Who by Water: Un'taneh Tokef (Prayers of Awe)
Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman,PhD, has served for more than three decades as professor of liturgy at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. He is a world-renowned liturgist and holder of the Stephen and Barbara Friedman Chair in Liturgy, Worship and Ritual. His work combines research in Jewish ritual, worship and spirituality with a passion for the spiritual renewal of contemporary Judaism.He has written and edited many books, includingAll the World: Universalism, Particularism and the High Holy Days; May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism—Yizkor, We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—AshamnuandAl Chet,Who by Fire, Who by Water—Un'taneh Tokef andAll These Vows—Kol Nidre, the first five volumes in the Prayers of Awe series; the My People's Prayer Book: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries series, winner of the National Jewish Book Award; and he is coeditor ofMy People's Passover Haggadah: Traditional Texts, Modern Commentaries(all Jewish Lights), a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award.Rabbi Hoffman is a developer of Synagogue 3000, a transdenominational project designed to envision and implement the ideal synagogue of the spirit for the twenty-first century.Rabbi LawrenceA. Hoffman, PhD, is available to speak on the following topics:A Day of Wine and Moses: The Passover Haggadah and the Seder You Have Always WantedPreparing for the High Holy Days: How to Appreciate the Liturgy of Rosh Hashanah and Yom KippurThe Essence of Jewish Prayer: The Prayer Book in Context and Worship in Our TimeBeyond Ethnicity: The Coming Project for North American Jewish IdentitySynagogue Change: Transforming Synagogues as Spiritual and Moral Centers for the Twenty-First CenturyClick here to contact the author.Merri Lovinger Arianis on the New York faculty of the Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion and its School of Sacred Music. In addition, she serves there as Synagogue 3000's consultant on liturgical arts, supervising rabbinic and cantorial students in the art of leading and creating worship collaboratively.Rabbi Tony Bayfield, CBE, DD (Lambeth), is president of the Movement for Reform Judaism in the United Kingdom. He teaches personal theology at the Leo Baeck College in London. He contributed toWe Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—AshamnuandAl Chet,Who by Fire, Who by Water—Un'taneh Tokef, andAll These Vows—Kol Nidre (all Jewish Lights).Dr. Marc Zvi Brettleris the Dora Golding Professor of Biblical Studies at Brandeis University. He contributed to all volumes of the My People's Prayer Book: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries series, winner of the National Jewish Book Award, and toMy People's Passover Haggadah: Traditional Texts, Modern Commentaries; Who by Fire, Who by Water—Un'taneh Tokef;All These Vows—Kol Nidre;May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism—Yizkor; andWe Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—AshamnuandAl Chet (all Jewish Lights). He is coeditor ofThe Jewish Annotated New TestamentandThe Jewish Study Bible, which won the National Jewish Book Award; co-author ofThe Bible and the Believer; and author ofHow to Read the Jewish Bible, among other books and articles. He has also been interviewed on National Public Radio’sFresh Airby Terry Gross.Rabbi Sharon Brousis the founding rabbi of IKAR (www.ikar-la.org), a spiritual community dedicated to reanimating Jewish life through soulful religious practice that is rooted in a deep commitment to social justice. She has been noted as one of the leading rabbis in the country inNewsweek/Daily Beastand has been listed among theForward's fifty most influential American Jews numerous times. She serves on the faculty of the Wexner Heritage Program, the Shalom Hartman Institute, and Reboot and sits on the board of Rabbis for Human Rights.Dr. Erica Brown, an inspiring writer and educator, is scholar-in-residence for the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington. She consults for the Jewish Agency and other Jewish non-profits, and is a faculty member of the Wexner Foundation. She is an Avi Chai Fellow, winner of the Ted Farber Professional Excellence Award, and the recipient of a Covenant Award for her work in education. She is author ofConfronting Scandal: How Jews Can Respond When Jews Do Bad Things; Inspired Jewish Leadership: Practical Approaches to Building Strong Communities, a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, andSpiritual Boredom: Rediscovering the Wonder of Judaism; and co-author ofThe Case for Jewish Peoplehood: Can We Be One?(all Jewish Lights). She contributed toWe Have Sinned:Sin and Confession in Judaism—AshamnuandAl Chet,Who by Fire, Who by Water—Un'taneh Tokef andAll These Vows—Kol Nidre (both Jewish Lights). She lectures widely on subjects of Jewish interest and leadership. She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with her husband and four children, and can be reached at www.EricaBrown.com.Rabbi Ruth Durchslag, PsyD, is a rabbi and successful clinical psychologist. She is passionate about bringing Judaism to alienated and disaffected Jews who have never found a way into organized Jewish life and reaching out to anyone seeking personal meaning within Jewish tradition. She is also an avid meditator and seeks to create bridges between meditation and Judaism. Toward that end, Rabbi Durchslag is involved in founding the Center for Jewish Mindfulness in Chicago, and works in the federal prison to create interfaith programs for inmates.Rabbi Edward Feinsteinis senior rabbi of Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, California. He is an instructor in the Ziegler Rabbinical School of American Jewish University and the Wexner Heritage Program. He is the author ofTough Questions Jews Ask: A Young Adult's Guide to Building a Jewish Life(Jewish Lights) andCapturing the Moon; and the editor ofJews and Judaism in the 21st Century: Human Responsibilities, the Presence of God, and the Future of the Covenant(Jewish Lights). He contributed toMay God Remember:Memory and Memorializing in Judaism—Yizkor;Who by Fire, Who by Water—Un'taneh Tokef andWe Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—AshamnuandAl Chet (all Jewish Lights).Rabbi Elyse D. Frishmanis editor of Mishkan T'filah: A Reform Siddur and rabbi of The Barnert Temple in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. She contributed toWe Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—AshamnuandAl Chet, andWho by Fire, Who by Water—Un’taneh Tokef (Jewish Lights).Rabbi Andrew Goldstein, PhD, is the rabbinic advisor to the European Union for Progressive Judaism and coeditor ofMachzor Ruach Chadashah. He contributed toMay God Remember:Memory and Memorializing in Judaism—Yizkor,Who by Fire, Who by Water—Un'taneh Tokef,All These Vows—Kol Nidre, andWe Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—AshamnuandAl Chet (all Jewish Lights).Dr. Joel M. Hoffmanlectures around the globe on popular and scholarly topics spanning history, Hebrew, prayer, and Jewish continuity. He has served on the faculties of Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, and Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. He is author ofAnd God Said: How Translations Conceal the Bible's Original MeaningandIn the Beginning: A Short History of the Hebrew Language, and has written for the internationalJerusalem Post. He contributed to all ten volumes of the My People's Prayer Book: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries series, winner of the National Jewish Book Award; toMy People’s Passover Haggadah: Traditional Texts, Modern Commentaries; and toMay God Remember:Memory and Memorializing in Judaism—Yizkor,Who by Fire, Who by Water—Un’taneh Tokef andWe Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—AshamnuandAl Chet (all Jewish Lights).Rabbi Delphine Horvilleuris the rabbi of congregation MJLF (Mouvement Juif Libéral de France) in Paris. She was ordained at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion in New York in 2008 and is one of two women rabbis in France. She is the creative director of Le Café Biblique, a pluralistic group of Jewish study, and chief editor ofTenou'a(www.tenoua.com), a French magazine of Jewish thought. She contributed toMay God Remember:Memory and Memorializing in Judaism—Yizkor, Who by Fire, Who by Water—Un'taneh Tokef,All These Vows—Kol Nidre, andWe Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—AshamnuandAl Chet (all Jewish Lights). She is author ofEn Tenue d ’Eve(Grasset), a renewed understanding of modesty and women’s bodies in Jewish thought.Rabbi Elie Kaunfer, named one of the top fifty Jewish leaders byThe Forward, and one ofNewsweek's top fifty rabbis, is co-founder and executive director of Mechon Hadar (www.mechonhadar.org), an institute that empowers Jews to build vibrant Jewish communities. Mechon Hadar has launched the first full-time egalitarian yeshiva program in North America, Yeshivat Hadar (www.yeshivathadar.org), where Rabbi Kaunfer teaches Talmud. A Dorot Fellow and Wexner Graduate Fellow, Rabbi Kaunfer co-founded Kehilat Hadar (www.kehilathadar.org), an independent minyan in Manhattan committed to spirited traditional prayer, study and social action. He was selected as an inaugural Avi Chai Fellow, known as "The Jewish Genius Award."Rabbi Karyn D. Kedarteaches matters of the spirit to groups throughout the U.S. She is senior rabbi at Congregation B'nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim in the Chicago area, and the inspiring author ofThe Bridge to Forgiveness: Stories and Prayers for Finding God and Restoring Wholeness; Our Dance with God: Finding Prayer, Perspective and Meaning in the Stories of Our Lives; andGod Whispers: Stories of the Soul, Lessons of the Heartand contributed toMay God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism—Yizkor;Who by Fire, Who by Water—Un'taneh Tokef; andAll These Vows—Kol Nidre (all Jewish Lights).Rabbi Lawrence Kushneris one of the most widely read authors by people of all faiths on Jewish spiritual life. He is the best-selling author of such books asInvisible Lines of Connection: Sacred Stories of the Ordinary; God Was in This Place & I, i Did Not Know: Finding Self, Spirituality and Ultimate Meaning; Honey from the Rock: An Introduction to Jewish Mysticism;The Book of Letters: A Mystical Hebrew Alphabet;The Book of Miracles: A Young Person's Guide to Jewish Spiritual Awareness;The Book of Words: Talking Spiritual Life, Living Spiritual Talk;Eyes Remade for Wonder: A Lawrence Kushner Reader;I'm God, You're Not: Observations on Organized Religion and other Disguises of the Ego;Jewish Spirituality: A Brief Introduction for Christians;The River of Light: Jewish Mystical Awareness;The Way Into Jewish Mystical Tradition; and co-author ofBecause Nothing Looks Like God;How Does God Make Things Happen?;Where Is God?;What Does God Look Like?; andIn God's Hands.He is the Emanu-El Scholar at San Francisco's Congregation Emanu-El and an adjunct professor of Jewish mysticism and spirituality at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion.Rabbi Lawrence Kushner is available to speak on the following topics:• Jewish Mystical Imagination• Rymanover's Silent Aleph: What Really Happened on Sinai• Zohar on Romance and Revelation• What Makes Kabbalah Kabbalah• Sacred Stories of the Ordinary: When God Makes a Surprise Appearance in Everyday LifeClick here to contact the author.Rabbi Noa Kushneris founding rabbi of The Kitchen. One part indie-Shabbat community, one part San Francisco experiment, and one part tool kit for DIY Jewish practice. The Kitchen is building a connected, spiritually alive Jewish generation and a new resonance approach to religious life. She contributed toWho by Fire, Who by Water—Un'taneh Tokef, All These Vows—Kol Nidre andWe Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—AshamnuandAl Chet (all Jewish Lights).Rabbi Daniel Landesis the director androsh hayeshivahof the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. Pardes brings together men and women of all backgrounds to study classical Jewish texts and contemporary Jewish issues in a rigorous, challenging and open-minded environment.Rabbi Landes is also a contributor to the My People's Prayer Book: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries series, winner of the National Jewish Book Award andMy People's Passover Haggadah: Traditional Texts,Modern Commentaries,a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award; Who by Fire, Who by Water—Un’taneh Tokef;We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—AshamnuandAl Chet and All These Vows—Kol Nidre (all Jewish Lights).Rabbi Ruth Langer, PhD, is professor of Jewish studies in the Theology Department at Boston College, where she also serves as associate director of its Center for Christian-Jewish Learning. She received her PhD in Jewish liturgy and her rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion. She contributed toWho by Fire, Who by Water— Un'taneh Tokef andWe Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—Ashamnu and Al Chet (both Jewish Lights).Liz Lermanis founding artistic director of the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange. A member of Temple Micah in Washington, DC, she was the Sally Priesand Visiting Professor at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion. She is the recipient of the National Foundation for Jewish Culture Award in Performing Arts, the American Jewish Congress Golda Award, and a MacArthur Fellowship. Her latest book isHiking theHorizontal.Rabbi Asher Lopatinis the spiritual leader of Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel Congregation, a modern Orthodox synagogue in Chicago. On a Rhodes Scholarship, he completed an MPhil in medieval Arabic thought from Oxford University and did doctoral work at Oxford on Islamic fundamentalist attitudes toward Jews. He was ordained by Rabbi Ahron Soloveichik, Yeshivas Brisk, and Yeshiva University. He is the incoming president of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, succeeding Rabbi Avi Weiss.Catherine Madsenis the author ofThe Bones Reassemble: Reconstituting Liturgical Speech; In Medias Res: Liturgy for the Estranged; and a novel,A Portable Egypt.She is librettist for Robert Stern's oratorio "Shofar" (on the CD Awakenings, Navona Records NV5878), and bibliographer at the Yiddish Book Center. She contributed toMay God Remember:Memory and Memorializing in Judaism—Yizkor,Who by Fire, Who by Water—Un'taneh Tokef,All These Vows—Kol Nidre, andWe Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—AshamnuandAl Chet (all Jewish Lights).Rabbi Jonathan Magonet, PhD, is emeritus professor of Bible at Leo Baeck College in London, where he was principal (president) from 1985 to 2005. He is coeditor of three volumes ofForms of Prayer(the prayer books of the British Movement for Reform Judaism) and editor of the eighth edition ofDaily, Sabbath and Occasional Prayers.He contributed toMay God Remember:Memory and Memorializing in Judaism—Yizkor,Who by Fire, Who by Water—Un'taneh Tokef,All These Vows—Kol Nidre, andWe Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—AshamnuandAl Chet (all Jewish Lights).Rabbi Dalia Marx, PhD, is a professor of liturgy and midrash at the Jerusalem campus of Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion and teaches in various academic institutions in Israel, and Europe. Rabbi Marx earned her doctorate at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and her rabbinic ordination at HUC–JIR in Jerusalem and Cincinnati. She is involved in various research groups and is active in promoting progressive Judaism in Israel. Rabbi Marx contributed toMay God Remember:Memory and Memorializing in Judaism—Yizkor,Who by Fire, Who by Water—Un'taneh Tokef,All These Vows—Kol Nidre, andWe Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—AshamnuandAl Chet (all Jewish Lights). She writes for academic journals and the Israeli press, and is engaged in creating new liturgies and midrashim.Ruth W. Messingeris the president of American Jewish World Service. She contributed toWe Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—Ashamnu and Al Chet,Who by Fire, Who by Water—Un'taneh Tokef andAll These Vows—Kol Nidre (both Jewish Lights).Rabbi Charles H. Middleburgh, PhD, is rabbi of the Cardiff Reform Synagogue and director of Jewish studies at Leo Baeck College in London, where he has taught since 1984; and coeditor with Rabbi Andrew Goldstein, PhD, of the Liberal JudaismMachzor Ruach Chadashah. He contributed toMay God Remember:Memory and Memorializing in Judaism—Yizkor,Who by Fire, Who by Water—Un'taneh Tokef,All These Vows—Kol Nidre, andWe Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—AshamnuandAl Chet (all Jewish Lights).Rabbi Rachel Nussbaumis rabbi and executive director of the Kavana Cooperative in Seattle, Washington. She was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. She was recently awarded an Avi Chai Fellowship for her innovative approach to Jewish community building.Rabbi Aaron D. Panken, PhD, teaches Rabbinic and Second Temple literature at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. He is author ofThe Rhetoric of Innovation(University Press of America), and contributed toMay God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism—Yizkor,Who by Fire, Who by Water—Un'taneh Tokef,All These Vows—Kol Nidre, andWe Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—AshamnuandAl Chet (all Jewish Lights).Rabbi Or N. Roseis an associate dean at the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College. He is the coauthor ofGod in All Moments: Mystical and PracticalSpiritual Wisdom from Hasidic Mastersand coeditor ofRighteousIndignation: A Jewish Call for Justice; Jewish Mysticism and the SpiritualLife: Classical Texts, Contemporary ReflectionsandSpeaking Torah: Spiritual Teachings from around the Maggid's Table, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2(all Jewish Lights).Rabbi Marc Saperstein, PhD, formerly principal of Leo Baeck College, currently serves as professor of Jewish history and homiletics at Leo Baeck College and as professor of Jewish studies at King's College London. Previously he taught for twenty-nine years at three leading American universities. He has published four books on the sermon as source for Jewish history and culture, and contributed toWho by Fire, Who by Water—Un’taneh Tokef,All These Vows—Kol Nidre andWe Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—AshamnuandAl Chet (all Jewish Lights).Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso,a parent, spiritual leader, and storyteller, is the awardwinning author ofGod's Paintbrush,In God's Name,God In Betweenand many other inspiring books for children of all faiths and backgrounds. The second woman to be ordained as a rabbi (1974) and the first rabbi to become a mother, she and her husband, Dennis, were the first rabbinical couple to jointly lead a congregation—Beth-El Zedeck in Indianapolis. They have two children, David and Debora, and three grandchildren. Sasso, who holds a doctorate in ministry, is active in the interfaith community, and has written and lectured on the renewal of spirituality and the discovery of the religious imagination in children of all faiths.Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso is available to speak on the following topics:Nurturing the Spiritual Imagination of ChildrenTell Me a Story: Reading the Bible and the Religious Imagination of ChildrenFilling in the Blanks: How Women Read the BibleWomen and Judaism: A Personal JourneyMidrash as a Tool for Spiritual ReflectionClick here to contact the author.Rabbi Jonathan P. Slater, DMin, was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and has a doctor of ministry degree from the Pacific School of Religion. He is the author ofMindful Jewish Living:Compassionate Practiceand codirector of programs at the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, as well as an instructor in meditation at the JCC in Manhattan and other venues. He contributed toWho by Fire, Who by Water—Un'taneh Tokef, We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—Ashamnu and Al ChetandAll These Vows—Kol Nidre(both Jewish Lights).Rabbi Brent Chaim Spodekis the rabbi in residence of American Jewish World Service.Rabbi David Sternis senior rabbi of Temple Emanu-El in Dallas, Texas. He contributed toMay God Remember:Memory and Memorializing in Judaism—Yizkor,Who by Fire, Who by Water—Un'taneh Tokef andAll These Vows—Kol Nidre (all Jewish Lights).Rabbi David A. Teutsch, PhD, is the Wiener Professor of Contemporary Jewish Civilization and director of the Center for Jewish Ethics at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, where he served as president for nearly a decade. He was editor in chief of the seven-volumeKol Haneshamahprayer book series. His bookA Guide to Jewish Practice: Everyday Living(RRC Press) won the National Jewish Book Award for Contemporary Jewish Life and Practice. He is also author ofSpiritual Community: The Power to Restore Hope, Commitment and Joy(Jewish Lights) and several other books. He contributed toMay God Remember:Memory and Memorializing in Judaism—Yizkor,Who by Fire, Who by Water—Un'taneh Tokef,All These Vows—Kol Nidre, andWe Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—AshamnuandAl Chet (all Jewish Lights).Rabbi Gordon Tucker, PhD, is senior rabbi at Temple Israel Center in White Plains, New York, and adjunct assistant professor of Jewish philosophy at The Jewish Theological Seminary of America where he formerly served as dean of its rabbinical school. He is the editor and translator ofHeavenly Torah: As Refracted through the Generations.Dr. Ellen M. Umanskyis the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Professor of Judaic Studies at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. She is currently working on a book focusing on Judaism, liberalism, feminism, and God. She contributed toWho by Fire, Who by Water—Un'taneh Tokef, We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—Ashamnu and Al ChetandAll These Vows—Kol Nidre(both Jewish Lights).Rabbi Avraham Weissis the founder and president of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, the Modern and Open Orthodox Rabbinical School in New York. He is also the senior rabbi of the Hebrew Institute in Riverdale. Most recently, he founded Yeshivat Mahara't, an Orthodox school ordaining women to become spiritual leaders. Rabbi Weiss was named one of the fifty most influential rabbis in America byNewsweekmagazine. He is the author ofSpiritual Activism: A Jewish Guide to Leadership and Repairing theWorld(Jewish Lights).Rabbi Margaret Moers Wenig, DD, teaches liturgy and homiletics at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion in New York and is rabbi emerita of Beth Am, The People's Temple. She contributed toMay God Remember:Memory and Memorializing in Judaism—Yizkor,Who by Fire, Who by Water—Un'taneh Tokef,All These Vows—Kol Nidre, andWe Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—AshamnuandAl Chet (all Jewish Lights).Dr. Ron Wolfson, visionary educator and inspirational speaker, is Fingerhut Professor of Education at American Jewish University in Los Angeles and a cofounder of Synagogue 3000. He is author ofRelational Judaism: Using the Power of Relationships to Transform the Jewish Community; The Seven Questions You're Asked in Heaven: Reviewing and Renewing Your Life on Earth; Be Like God: God's To-Do List for Kids; God's To-Do List: 103 Ways to Be an Angel and Do God's Work on Earth; Hanukkah, PassoverandShabbat,all Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs Art of Jewish Living family guides to spiritual celebrations;The Spirituality of Welcoming: How to Transform Your Congregation into a Sacred Community;A Time to Mourn, a Time to Comfort: A Guide to Jewish Bereavement and Comfort;and, with Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman,What You Will See Inside a Synagogue(all Jewish Lights), a book for children ages 6 and up. He contributed toMay God Remember:Memory and Memorializing in Judaism—Yizkor, Who by Fire, Who by Water—Un'taneh Tokef,All These Vows—Kol Nidre, andWe Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—AshamnuandAl Chet (all Jewish Lights).Dr. Ron Wolfson is available to speak on the following topics:Building Good Tents: Envisioning the Synagogue of the FutureGod's To-Do ListThe Seven Questions You're Asked in HeavenBlessings and Kisses: The Power of the Jewish FamilyA Time to Mourn, a Time to ComfortClick here to contact the author.Rabbi Daniel G. Zemelis the senior rabbi of Temple Micah in Washington, D.C. He contributed toJewish Men Pray:Words of Yearning, Praise, Petition, Gratitude and Wonder from Traditional and Contemporary Sources,May God Remember:Memory and Memorializing in Judaism—Yizkor,Who by Fire, Who by Water—Un'taneh Tokef,All These Vows—Kol Nidre, andWe Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—AshamnuandAl Chet (all Jewish Lights).Dr. Wendy Zierleris professor of modern Jewish literature and feminist studies at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion, New York. She is translator and coeditor with Rabbi Carole Balin ofTo Tread on New Ground: The Selected Writings of Hava Shapiro(forthcoming) and aBehikansi atah(Shapiro's collected writings, in the original/Hebrew). She is also author ofAnd Rachel Stole the Idolsandthe feminist Haggadah commentaryfeatured inMy People's Passover Haggadah: Traditional Texts, Modern Commentaries(Jewish Lights), a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. She contributed toMay God Remember:Memory and Memorializing in Judaism—Yizkor,Who by Fire, Who by Water—Un’taneh Tokef,All These Vows—Kol Nidre, andWe Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—AshamnuandAl Chet (all Jewish Lights).