A fun way to add family discussions to your Sabbath table, as Rabbi Abrams demonstrates her ability to make ancient religious texts spiritually meaningful to today's Jews.

A Reconstructionist rabbi, Alpert is #2 on the Pogrebin list. Did I mention that the list is in (non-hierarchal) alphabetical order?

This Jewish Renewal power couple spanned the two lists, Arthur appearing in Newsweek and Phyllis on Pogrebin's list. Here they collaborate.

Founding associate director of the National Center for Jewish Healing and creator of the first liturgy for stillbirth and abortion.

Author/editor of this Reform Haggadah, co-editor of 'Lesbian Rabbis: The First Generation', and founding director, American Jewish Congress Feminist Center, LA.

Two books by Reb Shmuley? But seriously, what better exemplifies media buzz and all that is most American about our Judaism than this title?

Says Newsweek: The leading Conservative rabbi of his generation.

Saperstein directs the Reform movement's Religious Action Center and is a leading Washington lobbyist.

Prolific author, and one of America's most dynamic pulpit rabbis.

A collection of sermons from the senior rabbi of the world's largest synagogue for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Jews.

#21 on the Newsweek list for his many books, of which this award-winner is the latest.

Founder of the Jewish Renewal movement.

You don't have to be Orthodox to enjoy studying the stories of King David with teachers such as Weiss (who made the Newsweek list for founding the Modern Orthodox yeshiva of the book's title.) Weiss has one essay in this eminently readable volume, which also features two essays by Rabbi David Silber, who appears on Pogrebin's list for his role as a pioneer in Jewish education for women.