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A Rabbi's Heart
"In reading Rabbi Menachem Creditor's 11-year compilation of poems, stories and meditations, I am once again reminded that the journey towards truth is anything but linear. With the passage of time, what might have once been considered fallacy is now revisited with a deepened maturity and awareness; the same can be said in reverse. So while it is true that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, when it comes to Creditor's own spiritual sojourning, his act of relating personal recollections and later entwining them in this collection of evocative written word creates a most wondrous textured and woven shared lived (and living) history." - Daphne Lazar-Price, Executive Di...
After October 7
In After October 7, Rabbi Menachem Creditor offers fifty-three searing and soulful reflections penned in the year following the brutal attack on the State of Israel on October 7, 2023. Through raw emotion and profound reflection, Rabbi Creditor chronicles not only the devastation and loss but also the enduring spirit of the Jewish people. His words serve as both a personal meditation and a collective call to action-an insistence that we remember, that we bear witness, and that we rise from the ashes of destruction with resilience and hope. Rabbi Creditor's reflections draw from the heart of Jewish tradition, the commandment to never forget, and the moral duty to respond to suffering with justice and compassion. After October 7 is a powerful tribute to the unbreakable spirit of a people whose history of survival, faith, and strength illuminates a path forward in the darkest of times. Through these essays, Rabbi Creditor reminds us that bearing witness is not only a sacred responsibility, but also the foundation upon which a future of Jewish strength, peace, and justice is built.
Primal Prayers
"Rabbi Creditor is a poet of the soul. These prayer/poems will break your heart open, shining a light that runs from the core of the world through the depths of our pain to the heights of our joy. The book is a portal; it's author, a visionary." Rabbi Dr. Bradley Shavit Artson Dean, Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, American Jewish University "Rabbi Menachem Creditor has given us all a gift. This book of prayers is here to accompany us though the joys and challenges of our daily lives. These are prayers we can relate to, prayers that heal our hearts and revive our souls." Rabbi Naomi Levy Author of Talking to God "These powerful prayers offer the words we need to respond to the difficult, the beautiful, and the painful, to link our spiritual lives with our actions in the world." Rabbi Jill Jacobs Executive Director, T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights "Once again, Rabbi Menachem Creditor grasps ancient Jewish ideas and translates them compassionately, soulfully, and brilliantly for the contemporary soul. This is a treasure for our Jewish liturgy, a gift of the old renewed in our time." Rabbi Michael Adam Latz Shir Tikvah Congregation, Minneapolis
When We Turned Within
This book is much more than a record of loss. It is a collection of reflections, prayers, and poems of many, many individual souls who collectively tell the story of right now with depth and heart and startling brilliance. On these pages you will find honest testimony of a very difficult time on our planet. Be inspired by these voices and see patterns emerge, feel the pain and longing and hope and faith and frustration and loneliness and transcendence of each contribution. When We Turned Within will help you believe once again that all people share a common humanity, that our souls bind us together, that a better day is possible.
Getting Our Groove Back
Ten practical and achievable mini-manifestos that can reinvigorate American Jewry.
Practical Spirituality and Human Development
This book explores varieties of spiritual movements and alternative experiments for generation of beauty, dignity and dialogues, in a world where the rise of the religious in politics and the public sphere is often accompanied by violence. It examines how spirituality can contribute to human development, social transformations and planetary realizations, urging us to treat each other, and our planet, with evolutionary care and respect. Trans-disciplinary and trans-paradigmatic to its very core, this text opens new pathways of practical spirituality and humanistic action for both scholarship and discourse and offers an invaluable companion for scholars across religious studies, cultural studies and development studies.
The Search for the Sacred: Is Holiness a State of Space, Time or Mind?
Rabbi David Paskin's The Search for the Sacred is an articulate amplification of the Torah's command to be holy, to fully BE. How urgently needed this message in today's increasingly fragile world. How blessed we are to be granted access to this curated collection of wisdom from one of our great teachers! Menachem Creditor Rabbi, Congregation Netivot Shalom, Berkeley, CA Founder, Rabbis Against Gun Violence The search for the sacred has taken people of faith, and those still navigating the waters of belief, far and wide. We have built majestic cathedrals and meditated quietly as we've walked on the sea shores. We have found quiet moments in the hustle and bustle of our busy days and religiously attended communal prayer gatherings. In ""The Search for the Sacred,"" David explores the history of this search and how we can continue to find holiness in our lives today.
The New American Judaism
Winner of the National Jewish Book Award in American Jewish Studies—an engaging firsthand portrait of American Judaism today American Judaism has been buffeted by massive social upheavals in recent decades. Like other religions in the United States, it has witnessed a decline in the number of participants over the past forty years, and many who remain active struggle to reconcile their hallowed traditions with new perspectives—from feminism and the LGBTQ movement to "do-it-yourself religion" and personally defined spirituality. Taking a fresh look at American Judaism today, Jack Wertheimer, a leading authority on the subject, sets out to discover how Jews of various orientations practice their religion in this radically altered landscape. Which observances still resonate, and which ones have been given new meaning? What options are available for seekers or those dissatisfied with conventional forms of Judaism? And how are synagogues responding? Offering new and often-surprising answers to these questions, Wertheimer reveals an American Jewish landscape that combines rash disruption and creative reinvention, religious illiteracy and dynamic experimentation.
Hot Mamalah
Hot Mamalah is a start-to-finish celebration of the strengths, challenges, and triumphs of Jewish women—the good, the great, the PMSy, and the menopausal! This “ABC’s of She” dishes up a delicious smorgasbord of everything whole-y and holy feminine for having fun and having chutzpah, with humorous essays, adorable illustrations, how-to’s and more. From cocktails to cupcakes, Purim costumes to bar aliases, Hot Mamalah whets an appetite for getting the most out of life, love, and your closet. Hot Mamalah is the much-anticipated companion to the hilarious 21st century Jewish catalog, Cool Jew.
Inspired Jewish Leadership
"Drawing on the past and looking to the future, this practical guide provides the tools you need to work through important contemporary leadership issues. It takes a broad look at positions of leadership in the modern Jewish community and the qualities and skills you need in order to succeed in these positions. Real-life anecdotes, interviews, and dialogue stimulate thinking about board development, ethical leadership, conflict resolution, change management, and effective succession planning."--BOOK JACKET.
