About

I've written 22 books, beginning with Tom Searver: Portrait of a Pitcher,and including Frida Kahlo, Rescuers: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust, and White Fire: A Portrait of Women Spiritual Leaders in America. I am an ordained rabbi, now Emerita of two congregations. I teach workshops based on my most recent book: Embracing Wisdom: Soaring in the Second Half of Life.

Featured Work

Embracing Wisdom: Soaring in the Second Half of Life

2020
Embracing wisdom

This is a handbook of spiritual eldering that will help the reader access the secrets of the second half of life. In the first half, we strive work, achieve, compete, and accumulate. Will we do this until we die, or will we learn to how to complete life succefully and leave a legacy of wisdom for future generations?

Other Works

  • Portraits of Jewish American Heroes

    2008

  • White Fire: Portraits of Women Spiritual Leaders in America

    2004

  • Rescuers: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust

    1992

  • frida kahlo

    1991

  • Celebrating Life: Jewish Rites of Passage

    1984

  • Eliezer Ben Yehuda: Father of Modern Hebrew

    1982

  • Passover: Season of Freedom

    1981

  • Hanukkah: Eight Nights, Eight Lights

    1980

  • Tom Seaver: Portrait of a Pitcher

    1976

Awards and Recognition

  • Southwest PEN Award
  • Southern California Council for Children and Young People.
  • NYT Pick of the List
  • Hungry Mind Award
  • Publisher's Weekly Star