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Jewish Meditation Reading List
compiled by Nishmat Hayyim teachers
General
- Buxbaum, Yitzhak. Jewish Spiritual Practices. Northvale, New Jersey: Jason Aronson, Inc., 1990.
- Cooper, David. Silence, Simplicity, and Solitude: A Guide for Spiritual Retreat. New York; Bell Tower, 1994.
- Copper, David. Renewing Your Soul: A Guided Retreat for the Sabbath and Other Days of Rest. San Fransisco: Harper, 1995.
- Davis, Avram. Meditation from the Heart of Judaism. Woodstock, Vermont: Jewish Lights Publishing, 1997.
- Elkins, Dov Peretz. Jewish Guided Imagery. Princeton, NJ: Growth Associates, 1996.
- Gefen, Nan Fink. Discovering Jewish Meditation: Instruction and Guidance for Learning an Ancient Spiritual Path. Woodstock, Vermont: Jewish Lights Publishing, 1999.
- Kaplan, Aryeh. Jewish Meditation: A Practical Guide. New York: Schoken Books, 1985.
- Kasimow, Harold, John P. Keenan and Linda Klepinger Keenan, eds., Beside Still Waters: Jews, Christians, and the Way of the Buddha. Wisdom Publications.
- Lew, Alan. One God Clapping: The Spiritual Path of a Zen Rabbi. Woodstock, Vermont: Jewish Lights Publishing, 2001.
- Lew, Alan. Be Still and Get Going: A Jewish Meditation Practice for Real Life. New York: Little, Brown, and Company, 2005.
- Mitchell, Steven, ed. The Enlightened Mind: An Anthology of Sacred Prose. New York: Harper Collins, 1991.
- O'Hare, Padraic. Busy Life, Peaceful Center. Chicago: Thomas More, 1995.
- Pinson, DovBer, Meditation and Judaism: Exploring the Jewish Meditative Paths. Rowman & Littlefield.
- Slater, Jonathan, Mindful Jewish Living: Compassionate Practice. Aviv Press.
- Verman, Mark. The Histories and Varieties of Jewish Meditation. Northvale, New Jersey: Jason Aronson, 1996.
Mysticism
- Cooper, David. Entering the Sacred Mountain: Exploring the Mystical Practices of Judaism, Buddhism, and Sufism. New York; Bell Tower, 1994.
- Fine, Larewnce, ed. Safed Spirituality. New York: Paulist Press (The Classics of Western Spirituality), 1984.
- Jacobs, Louis. Jewish Mystical Testimonies. New York: Schoken Books, 1977.
- Kaplan, Aryeh. Inner Space: Introduction to Kabbalah, Meditation and Prophecy. Jerusalem: Moznaim Publishing Corporation, 1990.
- Kaplan, Aryeh. Meditation and Kabbalah. York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser, 1982.
Additional Jewish Spirituality
- Heifetz, Harold, ed. Zen and Hasidism: The Similarities between Two Spiritual Disciplines. Wheaton: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1978.
- Kedar, Karyn D. God Whispers: Stories of the Soul, Lessons of the Heart. Woodstock, Vermont: Jewish Lights Publishing, 1999.
Buddhist
- Boorstein, Sylvia. That's Funny, You Don't Look Buddhist. San Francisco: Harper, 1997.
- Feldman, Christina, and Kornfield, Jack. Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart: Parables of the Spiritual Path from Around the World. San Francisco: Harper, 1991.
- Goldstein, Joseph, and Kornfield, Jack. Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation. Boston: Shambala, 1987.
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