Hours of Devotion: Fanny Neuda's Book of Prayers for Jewish Women
"Dinah Berlan has given us a treasure.  Her English rendering of Fanny Neuda's book of prayers for Jewish women is elegant as well as capable of opening hearts.  It stirred mine."--Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, coauthor ofJewish with Feeling"Berland has been preparing all her life to re-create Fanny Neuda's deeply useful and soulfulHours of Devotion.She has given us a woman's book of illuminations, a compilation of prayers that moves from suffering to gratitude, a work that sanctifies life."--Edward Hirsch, author ofLay Back the Darkness"This rich, spiritually vital collection shines with integrity and wisdom.  Contemporary Jewish life as a whole is immeasurably enriched by Berland's graceful restoration of Neuda's prayers--prayers that had long articulated the deep yearnings of Jewish women.  A book every Jewish home should have, to be cherished and transmitted from generation to generation."--Rabbi Miriyam Glazer, editor ofDancing on the Edge of the World"Hours of Devotionis, among other splendid things, a book about fate: the fate of these prayers treasured by generations of Jewish women; the intersecting fates of Fanny Neuda and Dinah Berland, who has made the prayers available again; and how fate itself is shaped by prayer, which carries the wisdom of individuals and communities backwards and forwards through time.  This is a remarkable book, one that will move the reader both to reflection and to prayer."--Brigit Pegeen Kelly, author ofThe Orchard