An essential book for the learned Jew and for those embarking on the path to deeper learning., In this beautiful book, David Blumenthal offers his readers an exploration of Jewish prayer that is at-once personal and accessible, as well as scholarly and nuanced.

Especially valuable are the 'Meditations' that give direction to prayer and stir the heart. A priceless gift for all who seek God's Face., Whether you come to David Blumenthal's book thoroughly versed in the practice and study of prayer or as someone who finds prayer unsatisfying, difficult, and perhaps alienating, you will find reflections and insights that will uplift you spiritually and challenge you intellectually., David Blumenthal brings both head and heart to his exploration of Jewish prayer and the human quest for God as a partnership between the human and the divine. Those who guide communities to meaningful prayer lives will find this to be the precious companion for which we have yearned. After reading this book, you will no longer just read the words from the siddur-you will communicate with God., David Blumenthal has once again graced spiritual seekers with an offering that shows his creative and insightful scholarship combined with a compelling evocation of the transcendent. This book on Jewish prayer has the unique ability to teach and inspire both the novice and those who have been davening their entire lives. The result has been that the trickle-down policies promoted by the Republican Party are undermining our economy, democracy, institutions and health.' For further discussion contact author at Blumenthal has written a work that beautifully synthesizes the scholarly and the spiritual.

But trickle-down has not only distorted our economic thought it has also distorted our political thought, our sociology and our concept of the rule of law. From inside the book: 'Since 1980, the economy has been growing, and productivity has been growing, but trickle-down values-that we, the American people promote, pursuant to the Republican Party's conservative ideology-have rigged the economy to continuously upwardly redistribute those revenues attributable to our increased productivity, yielding a productivity/wage disconnect, resulting in increased concentration of income and wealth at the top, in corporations and among older Americans (beneficiaries of income from Social Security, pensions and investments and continuing income due to delaying retirement), and the lowest percentage of GDP attributable to wages and highest attributable to profits since World War II.

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