Rabbi Jack Riemer

Rabbi Jack Riemer has taught rabbis at sermon seminars throughout North America. His prayers appear in the High Holy Day prayer books of the Conservative and Reform movements. He has published two collections of his favorite sermons: Finding God in Unexpected Places: Wisdom for Everyone from the Jewish Tradition and The Day I Met My Father Isaac at the Supermarket: And Other Encounters with Biblical Tales.

What Remains: Selected Poems

What Remains: Selected Poems

Rabbi Jack Riemer
Most of the 90 poems in What Remains (Ben Yehuda Press) grew out of David Curzon's experiences as he has wandered over the face of the earth. Some are touching recollections of precious moments in his life. Some are reflections on what he has learned by standing before great works of art from different centuries and different continents. Some are conversations with people in his life who meant the most to him and who are no longer among the living. And almost every one of them is a gem.

Embracing Auschwitz

Rabbi Jack Riemer
Joshua Hammerman’s Embracing Auschwitz color:black"> (Ben Yehuda Press) deserves our attention because it is by far the most original book on this subject that has come along in a great many years.

Radiance: Creative Mitzvah Living

Rabbi Jack Riemer
In his introduction to Radiance: Creative Mitzvah Living, Rabbi Neal Gold writes that Danny Siegel’s teachings have profoundly shaped American Jewry – and he’s right.