God Is Here

“A wonderful book! Toba Spitzer has made a very important contribution to the new Jewish God language that is beginning to emerge in our day. She offers a new Ten Sefirot for the contemporary Jewish seeker, doing so with warmth, honesty, and an open heart.” –Rabbi Arthur Green, author of These Are the Words and Judaism’s 10 Best Ideas

“Toba Spitzer is a trustworthy spiritual companion, a rabbi’s rabbi. Her teaching spans disciplines and time. She makes spiritual practices concrete and doable even for amateurs at prayer! Her insights into Hebrew Bible texts stir the souls of believers and non-believers alike. Use this book for personal reflection and expect to be refreshed, renewed, recommitted to a better, more divine here and now.” –Mary E. Hunt, Christian theologian and co-director of the Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual

“Through stories, practices, and teaching that are at once sophisticated and accessible, Toba Spitzer opens up new/old understandings of God, religion, and all that is sacred in ways that expand our minds, our hearts, and, indeed, our lives. I will return to this book again and again, as a rabbi and as a seeker of meaning.” –Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D., President, Reconstructing Judaism

“Wide-ranging and imaginative.” –Publishers Weekly

“Poetic and thought provoking … . While she founds much of her insight on the first five books of the Hebrew Bible as well as on Talmudic learnings from sages, Spitzer makes it clear that her writings are non-ecumenical, applicable to any human searching for a higher spirit as a life guide.” –Booklist (starred)

Rabbi Toba Spitzer is a popular teacher of courses on Judaism and economic justice, Reconstructionist Judaism, new approaches to thinking about God, and the practice of integrating Jewish spiritual and ethical teachings into daily life. She served as the President of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association from 2007-2009, and was the first LGBTQ rabbi to head a national rabbinic organization. She has received the honor of being included in Newsweek’s Top 50 Rabbis in America list and the 2010 Forward list of 50 Female Rabbis Who Are Making A Difference. She lives in Massachusetts.