Oak Park Temple
B'nai Abraham Zion

1235 N. Harlem Avenue
Oak Park, IL 60302
(708) 386-3937

• The Art of Blessing the Day : Poems With a Jewish Theme by Marge Piercy About Marge Piercy's collection of her old and new poems that celebrate the Jewish experience, the poet Lyn Lifshin writes: "The Art of Blessing the Day is an exquisite book. The whole collection is strong, passionate, and poignant, but the mother and daughter poems, fierce and emotional, with their intense ambivalence, pain and joy, themes of separation and reconnecting, are among the very strongest about that difficult relationship.
• The Last Kabbalsit of Lisbon, (Richard Zimler, author) an historical fiction book. Based on the pre-inquisition years of the Jews of Lisbon, it traces a young Kabbalist in his search for his uncle's killers. This, against the backdrop of the Lisbon riots in which tens of thousands of Jew were killed.
• Book of Blessings : A New Prayer Book for the Weekdays, the Sabbath, and the New Moon Festival by Marcia Falk
• Gates of Song by C. Davidson.  The CD for this isn't available from amazon but can be ordered directly from the publisher Transcontinental Music Publication
• The Book of Letters : A Mystical Alef-Bait by Lawrence Kushner
• Who is a Jew? Conversations, Not Conclusions by Meryl Hyman
• Entering the High Holy Days : A Guide to the Origins, Themes, and Prayers by Reuven Hammer
• Virtual Field Trips by Gail Cooper, Garry Cooper. A resource guide for parents and teachers for places on the web K-12 kids can go - written by Oak Park Temple member Garry Cooper.

The following four books are recommended by Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie as part of his UAHC Jewish Literacy Initiatives

• The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man by Abraham Joshua Heschel
• Finding God: Ten Jewish Responses by Rifat Sonsino and Daniel B. Syme
• As a Driven Leaf by Milton Steinberg
• Jewish Power: Inside the American Jewish Establishment by J. J. Goldberg

Torah & Haftarah:

• The Torah : A Modern Commentary/English Opening - W. Gunther Plaut; Hardcover
• Torah a Modern Commentary/Hebrew Opening - W. Gunther Plaut; Hardcover
• The Stone Edition Tanach - Black (The Artscroll ) - Nosson Scherman; Hardcover
• The Five Books of Moses Everett Fox / Hardcover / Published 1996

• Torah a Modern Commentary : Deuteronomy Vol 5 - W. Gunther Plaut; Hardcover
• The Haftarah Commentary - W. Gunther Plaut, et al / Hardcover / Published 1996

Siddurim:

• My People's Prayer Book: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries : The Sh'ma and Its Blessings by Lawrence A. Hoffman (Editor)
• The Amidah : Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries (My People's Prayer Book) by Lawrence A. Hoffman (Editor), Elliot N. Dorff (Contributor), Marcia Falk (Contributor)
• My People's Prayer Book; Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries, Volume 3: P'Sukeid'zimrah (Morning Psalms) by Lawrence A. Hoffman(Editor)
• The Complete Artscroll Siddur by Rabbi Nosson Scherman in paperbackor hardcover

• Gates of Prayer for Shabbat and Weekdays : A Gender Sensitive Prayerbook - Chiam Stern / Hardcover / Published 1996
  (Note: the prayerbooks we just ordered at OPT have a slightly different ISBN number and were published in 1994, while this one was published in 1996. I assume that the differences are minimal.)
• Gates of Prayer for Shabbat and Weekdays : A Gender Sensitive Prayerbook - Chaim Stern / Hardcover / Published 1996?
  (Note: This one has the same ISBN number as the ones just ordered at OPT. However, it is shown as out of stock at Amazon.com, while the one above is in stock. Also, Amazon.com lists both of these as being published in 1996, but I think that this one is actually the 1994 publication)
• Gates of Prayer: The New Union Prayer by Chaim Stern, Published 1975