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A communal process for writing a new prayer book

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Elyse Goldstein shares her experience in facilitating a community-led process for developing a new prayer book for City Shul in Toronto. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Reform JudaismSiddurPrayer BookCommunity EngagementTorontoCollaborationRabbi Elyse GoldsteinLiturgical AdaptationCity ShulMishkan Tefilah

Places mentioned

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"In 2011, after spending 20 years doing Jewish adult education in Toronto, I polled my students and, together with them, created a synagogue by committee."
Australia
"We based our adaptations on the Australian version of Mishkan Tefilah, which uses traditional phraseology and retains much more of the traditional liturgy and uses British and thus Canadian spelling."
Canada
"...Baruch Sienna...who had already designed other prayer books for the Canadian Jewish community."

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