Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Survival Kit

Shimon Apisdorf

1992

How to Survive Synagogue

“…but Rabbi, even if I can read some of the prayers I still don’t understand what I’m saying.… To tell you the truth I’d rather take a quiet reflective walk in the park this year than spend all that time in synagogue saying a bunch of words that don’t really mean so much to me anyway…”

Prayer is meant to be a powerful…

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Creator Bio

Shimon Apisdorf

b. 1957

Shimon Apisdorf grew up in Cleveland. An ordained rabbi and popular speaker, Apisdorf is the co-founder and educational director of the Jewish Literacy Foundation as well as the Leviathan Press. His books address Jewish holidays and heritage. He has received two Benjamin Franklin Awards from the Publishers Marketing Association. Apisdorf lives in Baltimore.

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