Pray Tell: A Hadassah Guide to Jewish Prayer

This guide to traditional Jewish prayer is enriched with insight and wisdom from women's distinctive perspectives. The traditional Jewish weekday and Shabbat prayers are contrasted with new and provocative ideas and practices that are far from "traditional." Insightful commentaries -- ranging from feminist to New Consciousness in orientation -- offer readers fresh and contemporary viewpoints on what it means to pray as a Jew, and how people -- both women and men -- might actually do it.Pray Tell: A Hadassah Guide to Jewish Prayer also provides and explains the steps and rituals of a traditional synagogue service, allowing readers to acquire a solid foundation in Jewish liturgy, but at the same time stimulating discussion of women's issues.