Joseph A. Skloot is the Rabbi Aaron D. Panken Assistant Professor of Modern Jewish Intellectual History and Associate Director of the Tisch Fellowship Program at Hebrew Union College in New York City.Lisa J. Grushcow is the senior rabbi of Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, the sole Reform synagogue in Montreal and Quebec.

• Foreword by Rabbi Daniel Zemel Foreword by Rabbi Carole Balin Piece by Dr. Rabbi Joel M. HoffmanIntroduction by Joseph A. Skloot and Lisa J. Grushcow  Part 1. The Worship Revolution Section 1: Worship as Drama Chapter 1: Liturgy as Art by Rabbi Sonja Pilz Chapter 2: Worship: A conversation and vision by Professor Janet Walton Chapter 3: Creativity is our Birthright by Liz A. Lerman  Section 2: Writing Prayers Chapter 4: Memory, Vulnerability, and Return by Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl Chapter 5: Bridge of One’s Own by Rabbi David E. Stern Chapter 6: How Prayers Mean by Rabbi Dalia Marx  Section 3: Reimagining Jewish Worship Chapter 7: Notes on a Theology of the Internet by Rabbi Jodie M. Gordon and Rabbi Rachel Steiner Chapter 8: Future of Jewish Prayer by Rabbi Daniel Medwin Chapter 9: Jewish Values Shaped by Sacred Space by Dr. Richard S. Vosko Chapter 10: Building Bridges by Yolanda Savage-Narva  Part 2. Rethinking North American Judaism  Section 4: You Are Here Chapter 11: A Faith Bounded by Reason by Professor Andrew Rehfeld Chapter 12: To be a Jewish Community, Worthy of that Name by Rabbi Arnold Eisen Chapter 13: Reconstructing “belong” by Rabbi Deborah Waxman Chapter 14: A View from Outside by Rabbi Daniel A. Judson Section 5: From Common Cold to Uncommon Healing Chapter 15: Living at the Margins by Rabbi Shira I. Milgrom Chapter 16: Finding God with Other People by Rabbi Noa Rachael Kushner Chapter 17: From Common Cold to Uncommon Pandemic by Professor Jonathan D. Sarna  Section 6: Non-Jews and Jewish Lifecycle Liturgy Chapter 18: Abraham or Ruth? by Rabbi Joshua M. Davidson Chapter 19: The Place Where Tradition and the World Collide by Rabbi Hilly Haber Section 7: The Jewish Leader You Want to Be Chapter 20: Speaking Differently by Cantor Sarah Grabiner Chapter 21: Artists of the Jewish Message by Rabbi Joshua I. Beraha  Part 3. On What Jews Do and Believe  Section 8: What Counts for Jewish KnowledgeChapter 22: What will “Jew” be? by Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur Chapter 23: A Foot in Each Camp: Pushing the Boundaries of Both by Rabbi Tony Bayfield Chapter 24: In Conversation with Silence by Rabbi Emily Langowitz Section 9: Authenticity Chapter 25: What Does it mean to be authentically Jewish by Cantor Jill Abramson Chapter 26: On Authenticity by Rabbi Yael Splansky Chapter 27: Choose Life by Rabbi Daniel Reiser Section 10: Land of the Sick Chapter 28: We Do Not Know What to Do by Rabbi Nicole Kauffman Roberts Chapter 29: Time Zone of the Kingdom of the Sick by Rabbi Elliott Kukla  Section 11: I Do Believe Chapter 30: Faith and Hope in Time of Challenge by Rabbi David H. Ellenson Chapter 31: Hoffman’s Metafaith by Rabbi Gordon Tucker  Section 12: Recovery of Hope Chapter 32: Ideas Matter by Professor Gordon W. Lathrop Chapter 33: Ideas that Matter by Rabbi Margaret Moers Wenig About the Contributors

Rabbis Grushcow (Writing the Wayward Wife) and Skloot (FirstImpressions) pay tribute to liturgist and rabbi Larry Hoffman with thisgathering of brief and insightful pieces on the nuances of Jewish worship,belief, survival, and ritual practice. In the standout "Memory, Vulnerability,and Return," Rabbi Angela Buchdahl recalls how Hoffman, a professor emeritus ofliturgy at Hebrew Union College whose work focuses on improving the prayerexperiences of secular Jews, helped to reorder the Yom Kippur liturgy structureat the Central Synagogue in New York to better build up to the service’sspiritual apex. Underscoring Hoffman’s insight, Buchdahl writes that the powerof prayer is "not only in the content, but in the ebb and flow, the quiets andthe crescendos." Elsewhere, Rabbi Gordon Tucker unpacks Hoffman’s theory thattoday’s "apparent absence of faith" stems from "an inadequacy of language" tocapture key religious tenets. The essential words creation, revelation, andredemption, for example, "no longer carry the same meanings for today’s Jews,"according Tucker, who calls for "new stories of faith" that require "newexpression." Brisk yet meditative, these essays avoid slipping into hagiographyas they celebrate and expand upon Hoffman’s adaptive and community-centeredapproach to prayer. Rabbis and others active in Jewish worship communities willbe inspired. (Jan.) --Publishers Weekly"From Rabbi Larry Hoffman, we learn how to pray with consequence . . . Our conversations within ourselves, with others, and with God lead us to know how to live." –Janet Walton, professor emerita of worship and the arts at Union Theological Seminary"Hoffman is a rabbi of rabbis. And a liturgist of liturgists . . . [He] invited us to courageous reinterpretation and transformation of our liturgy." –Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, Central synagogue, New York City"Few thinkers possess greater ability than Rabbi Larry Hoffman to make surprising connections that bring new light to oft-trodden territory." –Rabbi Arnold Eisen, chancellor emeritus of the Jewish Theological Seminary"I have long been indebted to Rabbi Larry Hoffman not only for the unparalleled genius he has always displayed in bringing together and synthesizing Jewish texts in intellectually provocative and spiritually moving ways." --Rabbi David Ellenson, chancellor emeritus of Hebrew union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

Joseph A. Skloot is the Rabbi Aaron D. Panken Assistant Professor of Modern Jewish Intellectual History and Associate Director of the Tisch Fellowship Program at Hebrew Union College in New York City.Lisa J. Grushcow is the senior rabbi of Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, the sole Reform synagogue in Montreal and Quebec.

• Foreword by Rabbi Daniel Zemel Foreword by Rabbi Carole Balin Piece by Dr. Rabbi Joel M. HoffmanIntroduction by Joseph A. Skloot and Lisa J. Grushcow  Part 1. The Worship Revolution Section 1: Worship as Drama Chapter 1: Liturgy as Art by Rabbi Sonja Pilz Chapter 2: Worship: A conversation and vision by Professor Janet Walton Chapter 3: Creativity is our Birthright by Liz A. Lerman  Section 2: Writing Prayers Chapter 4: Memory, Vulnerability, and Return by Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl Chapter 5: Bridge of One’s Own by Rabbi David E. Stern Chapter 6: How Prayers Mean by Rabbi Dalia Marx  Section 3: Reimagining Jewish Worship Chapter 7: Notes on a Theology of the Internet by Rabbi Jodie M. Gordon and Rabbi Rachel Steiner Chapter 8: Future of Jewish Prayer by Rabbi Daniel Medwin Chapter 9: Jewish Values Shaped by Sacred Space by Dr. Richard S. Vosko Chapter 10: Building Bridges by Yolanda Savage-Narva  Part 2. Rethinking North American Judaism  Section 4: You Are Here Chapter 11: A Faith Bounded by Reason by Professor Andrew Rehfeld Chapter 12: To be a Jewish Community, Worthy of that Name by Rabbi Arnold Eisen Chapter 13: Reconstructing “belong” by Rabbi Deborah Waxman Chapter 14: A View from Outside by Rabbi Daniel A. Judson Section 5: From Common Cold to Uncommon Healing Chapter 15: Living at the Margins by Rabbi Shira I. Milgrom Chapter 16: Finding God with Other People by Rabbi Noa Rachael Kushner Chapter 17: From Common Cold to Uncommon Pandemic by Professor Jonathan D. Sarna  Section 6: Non-Jews and Jewish Lifecycle Liturgy Chapter 18: Abraham or Ruth? by Rabbi Joshua M. Davidson Chapter 19: The Place Where Tradition and the World Collide by Rabbi Hilly Haber Section 7: The Jewish Leader You Want to Be Chapter 20: Speaking Differently by Cantor Sarah Grabiner Chapter 21: Artists of the Jewish Message by Rabbi Joshua I. Beraha  Part 3. On What Jews Do and Believe  Section 8: What Counts for Jewish KnowledgeChapter 22: What will “Jew” be? by Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur Chapter 23: A Foot in Each Camp: Pushing the Boundaries of Both by Rabbi Tony Bayfield Chapter 24: In Conversation with Silence by Rabbi Emily Langowitz Section 9: Authenticity Chapter 25: What Does it mean to be authentically Jewish by Cantor Jill Abramson Chapter 26: On Authenticity by Rabbi Yael Splansky Chapter 27: Choose Life by Rabbi Daniel Reiser Section 10: Land of the Sick Chapter 28: We Do Not Know What to Do by Rabbi Nicole Kauffman Roberts Chapter 29: Time Zone of the Kingdom of the Sick by Rabbi Elliott Kukla  Section 11: I Do Believe Chapter 30: Faith and Hope in Time of Challenge by Rabbi David H. Ellenson Chapter 31: Hoffman’s Metafaith by Rabbi Gordon Tucker  Section 12: Recovery of Hope Chapter 32: Ideas Matter by Professor Gordon W. Lathrop Chapter 33: Ideas that Matter by Rabbi Margaret Moers Wenig About the Contributors

Rabbis Grushcow (Writing the Wayward Wife) and Skloot (FirstImpressions) pay tribute to liturgist and rabbi Larry Hoffman with thisgathering of brief and insightful pieces on the nuances of Jewish worship,belief, survival, and ritual practice. In the standout "Memory, Vulnerability,and Return," Rabbi Angela Buchdahl recalls how Hoffman, a professor emeritus ofliturgy at Hebrew Union College whose work focuses on improving the prayerexperiences of secular Jews, helped to reorder the Yom Kippur liturgy structureat the Central Synagogue in New York to better build up to the service’sspiritual apex. Underscoring Hoffman’s insight, Buchdahl writes that the powerof prayer is "not only in the content, but in the ebb and flow, the quiets andthe crescendos." Elsewhere, Rabbi Gordon Tucker unpacks Hoffman’s theory thattoday’s "apparent absence of faith" stems from "an inadequacy of language" tocapture key religious tenets. The essential words creation, revelation, andredemption, for example, "no longer carry the same meanings for today’s Jews,"according Tucker, who calls for "new stories of faith" that require "newexpression." Brisk yet meditative, these essays avoid slipping into hagiographyas they celebrate and expand upon Hoffman’s adaptive and community-centeredapproach to prayer. Rabbis and others active in Jewish worship communities willbe inspired. (Jan.) --Publishers Weekly"From Rabbi Larry Hoffman, we learn how to pray with consequence . . . Our conversations within ourselves, with others, and with God lead us to know how to live." –Janet Walton, professor emerita of worship and the arts at Union Theological Seminary"Hoffman is a rabbi of rabbis. And a liturgist of liturgists . . . [He] invited us to courageous reinterpretation and transformation of our liturgy." –Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, Central synagogue, New York City"Few thinkers possess greater ability than Rabbi Larry Hoffman to make surprising connections that bring new light to oft-trodden territory." –Rabbi Arnold Eisen, chancellor emeritus of the Jewish Theological Seminary"I have long been indebted to Rabbi Larry Hoffman not only for the unparalleled genius he has always displayed in bringing together and synthesizing Jewish texts in intellectually provocative and spiritually moving ways." --Rabbi David Ellenson, chancellor emeritus of Hebrew union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

Joseph A. Skloot is the Rabbi Aaron D. Panken Assistant Professor of Modern Jewish Intellectual History and Associate Director of the Tisch Fellowship Program at Hebrew Union College in New York City.Lisa J. Grushcow is the senior rabbi of Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, the sole Reform synagogue in Montreal and Quebec.

• Foreword by Rabbi Daniel Zemel Foreword by Rabbi Carole Balin Piece by Dr. Rabbi Joel M. HoffmanIntroduction by Joseph A. Skloot and Lisa J. Grushcow  Part 1. The Worship Revolution Section 1: Worship as Drama Chapter 1: Liturgy as Art by Rabbi Sonja Pilz Chapter 2: Worship: A conversation and vision by Professor Janet Walton Chapter 3: Creativity is our Birthright by Liz A. Lerman  Section 2: Writing Prayers Chapter 4: Memory, Vulnerability, and Return by Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl Chapter 5: Bridge of One’s Own by Rabbi David E. Stern Chapter 6: How Prayers Mean by Rabbi Dalia Marx  Section 3: Reimagining Jewish Worship Chapter 7: Notes on a Theology of the Internet by Rabbi Jodie M. Gordon and Rabbi Rachel Steiner Chapter 8: Future of Jewish Prayer by Rabbi Daniel Medwin Chapter 9: Jewish Values Shaped by Sacred Space by Dr. Richard S. Vosko Chapter 10: Building Bridges by Yolanda Savage-Narva  Part 2. Rethinking North American Judaism  Section 4: You Are Here Chapter 11: A Faith Bounded by Reason by Professor Andrew Rehfeld Chapter 12: To be a Jewish Community, Worthy of that Name by Rabbi Arnold Eisen Chapter 13: Reconstructing “belong” by Rabbi Deborah Waxman Chapter 14: A View from Outside by Rabbi Daniel A. Judson Section 5: From Common Cold to Uncommon Healing Chapter 15: Living at the Margins by Rabbi Shira I. Milgrom Chapter 16: Finding God with Other People by Rabbi Noa Rachael Kushner Chapter 17: From Common Cold to Uncommon Pandemic by Professor Jonathan D. Sarna  Section 6: Non-Jews and Jewish Lifecycle Liturgy Chapter 18: Abraham or Ruth? by Rabbi Joshua M. Davidson Chapter 19: The Place Where Tradition and the World Collide by Rabbi Hilly Haber Section 7: The Jewish Leader You Want to Be Chapter 20: Speaking Differently by Cantor Sarah Grabiner Chapter 21: Artists of the Jewish Message by Rabbi Joshua I. Beraha  Part 3. On What Jews Do and Believe  Section 8: What Counts for Jewish KnowledgeChapter 22: What will “Jew” be? by Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur Chapter 23: A Foot in Each Camp: Pushing the Boundaries of Both by Rabbi Tony Bayfield Chapter 24: In Conversation with Silence by Rabbi Emily Langowitz Section 9: Authenticity Chapter 25: What Does it mean to be authentically Jewish by Cantor Jill Abramson Chapter 26: On Authenticity by Rabbi Yael Splansky Chapter 27: Choose Life by Rabbi Daniel Reiser Section 10: Land of the Sick Chapter 28: We Do Not Know What to Do by Rabbi Nicole Kauffman Roberts Chapter 29: Time Zone of the Kingdom of the Sick by Rabbi Elliott Kukla  Section 11: I Do Believe Chapter 30: Faith and Hope in Time of Challenge by Rabbi David H. Ellenson Chapter 31: Hoffman’s Metafaith by Rabbi Gordon Tucker  Section 12: Recovery of Hope Chapter 32: Ideas Matter by Professor Gordon W. Lathrop Chapter 33: Ideas that Matter by Rabbi Margaret Moers Wenig About the Contributors

Rabbis Grushcow (Writing the Wayward Wife) and Skloot (FirstImpressions) pay tribute to liturgist and rabbi Larry Hoffman with thisgathering of brief and insightful pieces on the nuances of Jewish worship,belief, survival, and ritual practice. In the standout "Memory, Vulnerability,and Return," Rabbi Angela Buchdahl recalls how Hoffman, a professor emeritus ofliturgy at Hebrew Union College whose work focuses on improving the prayerexperiences of secular Jews, helped to reorder the Yom Kippur liturgy structureat the Central Synagogue in New York to better build up to the service’sspiritual apex. Underscoring Hoffman’s insight, Buchdahl writes that the powerof prayer is "not only in the content, but in the ebb and flow, the quiets andthe crescendos." Elsewhere, Rabbi Gordon Tucker unpacks Hoffman’s theory thattoday’s "apparent absence of faith" stems from "an inadequacy of language" tocapture key religious tenets. The essential words creation, revelation, andredemption, for example, "no longer carry the same meanings for today’s Jews,"according Tucker, who calls for "new stories of faith" that require "newexpression." Brisk yet meditative, these essays avoid slipping into hagiographyas they celebrate and expand upon Hoffman’s adaptive and community-centeredapproach to prayer. Rabbis and others active in Jewish worship communities willbe inspired. (Jan.) --Publishers Weekly"From Rabbi Larry Hoffman, we learn how to pray with consequence . . . Our conversations within ourselves, with others, and with God lead us to know how to live." –Janet Walton, professor emerita of worship and the arts at Union Theological Seminary"Hoffman is a rabbi of rabbis. And a liturgist of liturgists . . . [He] invited us to courageous reinterpretation and transformation of our liturgy." –Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, Central synagogue, New York City"Few thinkers possess greater ability than Rabbi Larry Hoffman to make surprising connections that bring new light to oft-trodden territory." –Rabbi Arnold Eisen, chancellor emeritus of the Jewish Theological Seminary"I have long been indebted to Rabbi Larry Hoffman not only for the unparalleled genius he has always displayed in bringing together and synthesizing Jewish texts in intellectually provocative and spiritually moving ways." --Rabbi David Ellenson, chancellor emeritus of Hebrew union College-Jewish Institute of Religion