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At the risk of saying something heretical, I’ll add that with this book of essays and poems, Ostriker adds another branch to the Tree of Life. \u003cem\u003eTurn It \u0026amp; Turn It\u003c\/em\u003e keeps that tree alive, and without that tree, we wouldn’t have the oxygen we need to breathe.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Richard Chess, author of \u003cem\u003eLove Nailed to the Doorpost\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e“The trickster-mystic Alicia Ostriker has made a career of retrieving the repressed, and in this new book, she lays bare the treasures she has found.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Rabbi Jill Hammer, PhD, author of \u003cem\u003eSisters at Sinai\u003c\/em\u003e and coauthor of \u003cem\u003eThe Hebrew Priestess\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e“In the middle of the journey through my copy of this book, it occurred to me that Alicia Ostriker is not only a poet who profoundly influenced my writing—she is also a major spiritual figure whose irreverently reverent ways profoundly influenced my very inner life. Then again, to quote Ostriker quoting Rukeyser, “Oh for God’s sake \/ they are connected \/ underneath.” I’m grateful for everything Ostriker writes and teaches, but this book, even by her standards, is a standout. It delves into matters of writing and spirit with humor, ease, erudition, and a lot of practical thinking around the very praxis of reading, writing, and living as a cosmic Jewish poet in this twenty-first century.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Jake Marmer, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Neighbor Out of Sound\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e“Alicia Ostriker's pathbreaking new compendium of essays and poems is full of stunningly original feminist insights and epiphanic explications of literary and biblical texts. 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Developed in collaboration with music director Ira Khonen Temple, the album weaves together North African Jewish folk and sacred music, ranging from traditional Andalusi style, to popular Chaabi, to Francarabe cabaret. 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Born in Paris and based in Brooklyn, her work draws inspiration from her Moroccan roots exploring North African folk, Andalusian, and Maghrebi Jewish liturgy. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 2019, Laura went digging into Arabic music theory and stumbled onto a treasure trove of family history. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLaura’s ongoing journey of self-discovery–which includes forgotten ancestors, wild synchronicities found in dusty old bookstores, and the reclamation of a lost family name–is the inspirational heart of her latest project, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ayinpress.org\/folio\/ya-ghorbati-divas-in-exile\/\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eYa Ghorbati: Divas in Exile.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs a musician, Laura has toured across the U.S., Canada, the UK, and France and performed at  venues including Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Joe’s Pub. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs a cantor, Laura has been active in developing egalitarian Sephardi practices in New York for seven years. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the theater, she has worked at the National Opera of Paris, La MaMa Experimental Theater Club, Noor Theatre, and beyond\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/theate.in\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e In film, her work has been screened at the Venice Film Festival and was included in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne Thousand and One Jewels\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Ariella Aïsha Azoulay, which showed this year at Luminor (Paris), the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (Marseille) and Palau Moja (Barcelona). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLearn more at\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.lauraelkeslassy.com\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewww.lauraelkeslassy.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCREDITS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSongs originally composed and interpreted by Line Monty, Zohra Elfassia, Habiba Msika, Maurice El Medioni, Shlomo Abitbol, Salim Halali.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eExecutive Production | Laura Elkeslassy \u0026amp; Ira Khonen Temple \u003cbr\u003eMusic Direction | Ira Khonen Temple\u003cbr\u003eMusic Production | Ira Khonen Temple, Eylem Basaldi, Chris Gilroy, Laura Elkeslassy\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLaura Elkeslassy | Vocals\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIra Khonen Temple | Keys, Piano \u0026amp; Accordion\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEylem Basaldi | Violin\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYoni Avi Battat | Oud, Guitar\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRachid Halihal | Oud, Violin\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eZoë Guigueno | Bass\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarwan Allam | Bass\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApril Centrone| Drums, Percussion\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNizar Dahmani | Drums, Percussion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecording \u0026amp; Mixing | Chris Gilroy, Douglass Recordings, Brooklyn\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMastering | Dan Coutant, Sun Room Audio, Brooklyn. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArt Direction | Tom Haviv, Laura Elkeslassy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArabic Album Title Typography | subtype.studio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProject Management | Eyal Vexler, Yael Krevsky\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan id=\"m_-5770567765029209842docs-internal-guid-3fdfa4b6-7fff-0c66-3503-502c82d92036\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eYa Ghorbati is made possible by public funds from the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Statewide Community Regrants Program, as well as from a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the New York State Legislature, both administered by Brooklyn Arts Council.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eDigital Release date: July 10th, 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublication date: October 9th, 2026\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c!-- \/wp:paragraph --\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ayin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44057839960244,"sku":"YAGHOR01","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/0776\/1844\/files\/ya-ghorbati-01-hero-front-and-vinyl-transparent.png?v=1793500877"},{"product_id":"i-am-prayer-an-embodied-yom-kippur-companion","title":"I Am Prayer: An Embodied Yom Kippur Companion","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"message-list_1788287634.768139\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor last-minute orders before Yom Kippur, FedEx Standard Overnight shipping is available.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-7db399db-7fff-9d36-6b43-8f845bb7753a\"\u003eA Yom Kippur companion exploring embodiment, expanded consciousness, and social transformation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYom Kippur has always held more than guilt, obligation, and passive atonement. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eI Am Prayer: An Embodied Yom Kippur Companion\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eengages this holiest of days as a portal into embodied practice, ecstatic awareness, and prophetic action. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe six voices in this collection approach Yom Kippur as poets, practitioners, organizers, and artists. 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Previous installments include companions for \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.ayinpress.org\/products\/copy-of-psychedelic-pesach-zine-print\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePesach\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.ayinpress.org\/products\/indwelling-sukkot-pesach-zine-print\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSukkot\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.ayinpress.org\/products\/rosh-hashanah-zine-print\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRosh Hashanah\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEdited by Eden Pearlstein\u003cbr\u003eWritten by Eden Pearlstein, Nate DeGroot, Jill Hammer, Marcia Meislin, and Jay Michaelson\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated by Jessica Tamar Deutsch\u003cbr\u003eDesigned by Shrenik Ganatra\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the contributors:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEden Pearlstein\u003c\/strong\u003e is an inter­dis­ci­pli­nary lan­guage artist and cofounder\/editorial direc­tor of Ayin Press. Over the past two decades he has created an eclectic portfolio of audio, visual, textual, and curatorial works and projects. Eden is the author of \u003cem\u003eNoth­ing Is for Every­one: Poems\u003c\/em\u003e, edi­tor of \u003cem\u003eSelah: A Báyò Akómoláfé Read­er\u003c\/em\u003e, and cre­ative con­trib­u­tor to \u003cem\u003eSUR­VI­VA: A Future Ances­tral Field Guide\u003c\/em\u003e by Can­nu­pa Han­s­ka Luger. Eden cur­rent­ly lives with his wife and two kids in Philadelphia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRabbi Nate DeGroot\u003c\/strong\u003e (he\/him) directs The Shalom Center, carrying forth the prophetic legacy of the organization’s founder, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, by helping to steward and seed an emergent Jewish sacred justice. Nate lives in Detroit, Michigan with his wife and two kiddos, where he also serves locally as a part-time congregational rabbi, educator, and service-leader. 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Rabbi Hammer’s books include \u003cem\u003eThe Moonstone Covenant\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Omer Calendar of Biblical Women\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eUndertorah: An Earth-Based Kabbalah of Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eReturn to the Place: The Magic, Meditation, and Mystery of Sefer Yetzirah\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Hebrew Priestess: Ancient and New Visions of Jewish Women’s Spiritual Leadership\u003c\/em\u003e (with Taya Shere); \u003cem\u003eSiddur haKohanot: A Hebrew Priestess Prayerbook\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Jewish Book of Days: A Companion for All Seasons\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eSisters at Sinai: New Tales of Biblical Women\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Earth and Other Mysteries\u003c\/em\u003e. She is the cofounder of the Kohenet movement and the Director of Learning and Ritual at Beit Kohenet, a learning and ritual space for recovering, reclaiming, and recreating Jewish spirit wisdom on the margins. 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