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There is no experience that cannot be marked in Jewish ways. Decades of experience in connecting spirituality with daily life come together in this one comprehensive handbook. Offers teachings that can help to sanctify almost any moment in your day.

CLAL--The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership was founded in
1974. A think tank, leadership training institute and resource center, CLAL convenes
interdisciplinary conversations that explore the Jewish and American futures, and
enhances Jewish participation in civic and spiritual life in North America. Its faculty
includes rabbis from every denomination and scholars from a broad array of disciplines,
including anthropology, political science and philosophy. CLAL combines
Jewish texts and intellectual traditions with cutting-edge contemporary scholarship in
its work to transform Jewish communities around the country.

Vanessa L. Ochs is the Ida and Nathan Kolodiz Director of Jewish Studies and associate professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia. A recipient of a fellowship in creative writing from the National Endowment of the Arts, she is author of several books, coauthor of The Jewish Dream Book: The Key to Opening the Inner Meaning of Your Dreams, and co-editor, with Rabbi Irwin Kula, of The Book of Jewish Sacred Practices: CLAL's Guide to Everyday & Holiday Rituals & Blessings (both Jewish Lights).

Vanessa L. Ochs is available to speak on the following topics:

• Jewish Ritual Innovation
• Haggadah
• Jewish Feminism
• What Makes a Jewish Home Jewish
• Raising Kids with Jewish Values

Rabbi Irwin Kula is president of CLAL--The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, a leading voice for religious pluralism in the Jewish community. A sought-after speaker, he was named by the PBS program Religion & Ethics Newsweekly as one of the "10 People to Watch" helping to shape the American spiritual landscape. Fast Company magazine listed him as one of the seventeen new economy leaders, and Forward newspaper named him one of the top fifty Jewish leaders in America. He received his rabbinic ordination from The Jewish Theological Seminary of America.

Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard, PhD, is Director of Organizational Development
at CLAL. He was ordained at the St. Louis Rabbinical College and received his
Ph.D. in Psychology from St. Louis University and his Ph.D. in Philosophy
from Washington University.

Rabbi Daniel Silberman Brenner is a Senior Teaching Fellow at CLAL. He received his M.A. in Hebrew Letters and his ordination from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.