Fresh Useful Perspectives on the Spiritual Dynamics of Prayer Better music better sermons and better prayer books can only go so far. Many innovations have been tried around the world and no doubt synagogue leadership will continue to think creatively about improving services. But deep and lasting change will only come when each of us takes ownership and responsibility for what only we can really guideour inner lives. from the Preface Join over fifty Jewish spiritual leaders from all denominations in a candid conversation about the why and how of prayer how prayer changes us and how to discern a response from God. In this fascinating forum they share the challenges of prayer what it means to pray how to develop your own personal prayer voice and how to rediscover meaning and Gods presence in the traditional Jewish prayer book. CONTRIBUTORS Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson Rabbi Aryeh Ben David Rabbi Anne Brener LCSW Rabbi Sharon Brous Maggid Yitzhak Buxbaum Rabbi Mike Comins Rabbi Elliot J. Cosgrove PhD Rabbi Lavey Derby Cantor Ellen Dreskin Rabbi Diane Elliot Reb Mimi Feigelson Rabbi Tirzah Firestone Rabbi Nancy Flam Rabbi Karen Fox DD Dr. Tamar Frankiel Rabbi Ethan Franzel Rabbi Elyse Frishman Rabbi Laura Geller Rabbi Neil Gillman PhD Rabbi Shefa Gold Rabbi Elyse Goldstein Joel Lurie Grishaver Rabbi Nadya Gross Rabbi Jill Hammer PhD Melila HellnerEshed PhD Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman PhD Rabbi David Ingber Rabbi Zo Klein Rabbi Myriam Klotz Rabbi Jamie Korngold Rabbi Lawrence Kushner Rabbi Naomi Levy Rabbi Richard N. Levy DD Rabbi Sheryl Lewart Jay Michaelson Rabbi Linda Motzkin Rabbi Debra Orenstein Rabbi Nehemia Polen PhD Rabbi Marcia Prager Rabbi Jeff Roth Rabbi Zalman M. SchachterShalomi Rabbi Rami Shapiro Rabbi Jonathan P. Slater Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz Rabbi Ira Stone Rabbi Michael Strassfeld Dr. Linda Thal Rabbi Abraham Twerski MD Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg Rabbi Zari M. Weiss Rabbi David J. Wolpe Rabbi Shawn Zevi