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By Rabbi Jade Sank Ross
Foreword by Rabbi Elyse D. Frishman

Psalms have been part of Jewish ritual and liturgy for centuries, expressing praise to God, feelings of sorrow and longing, and much more. Rabbi Jade Sank Ross's To You I Call is an invitation to make the ancient words of psalms part of our daily lives. The book pairs seventy-two psalms with a range of life moments, from giving birth to retirement to experiencing antisemitism---times of grief and gratitude, anticipation and despair, pain and relief. Rabbi Sank Ross's original, authentic framing and Rabbi Richard N. Levy's beautiful, contemporary translations let readers forge a deep and personal connection with the words of the Psalmist. With sensitivity and vulnerability, To You I Call brings the psalms to life for our lives, today.

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In this beautiful collection, Rabbi Jade Sank Ross makes the ancient words of the Psalmist accessible for the times when words fail us---in our extreme despair or joy, pain or gratitude. Her wise, thoughtful suggestions of psalms for life moments remind us that we are not alone, and invite us to glimpse God's hand in our journey.
---Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl, Senior Rabbi, Central Synagogue, NYC

The wisdom of our tradition is timeless, yet too often it is tucked away in a forgotten verse in the corner of the beit midrash (study hall). Rabbi Sank Ross has captured the brilliance and relevance of so many of our teachings, lifting them off the page for us to embrace for any situation we may encounter in our lives.
---Rabbi Josh Warshawsky, composer and rabbi of Congregation Agudas Achim, Columbus, OH

Rabbi Jade Sank Ross has imagined a world in which the wisdom of the Book of Psalms permeates the ups and downs of our real lives. Through her pastoral sensitivity and creative readings, Rabbi Sank Ross powerfully brings these ancient words to life, inviting us to recite them with true connection and devotion.
---Rabbi Elie Kaunfer, CEO of the Hadar Institute

Weary from wars, uncertainty, and fear, Rabbi Sank Ross invites us to pause. Take another look at our ancient texts, the psalms---you will be surprised and strengthened by what you see and feel. Rabbi Sank Ross offers words of hope and wisdom for every need and occasion. Don't miss this book.
---Janet Walton, SNJM, Professor Emerita of Worship, Union Theological Seminary

Sank Ross excels at making her editorial comments meaningful to a general audience, from those who attend temple weekly to those who haven't been in decades. The book opens with a fascinating introduction that draws on Sank Ross' academic background in anthropology; she provides a brief historiography of psalters and introduces readers to the literary nature of the psalms as metaphorical poetry. "The beauty of metaphors," she notes, "is that they can be redefined." Guided by an impressive editorial advisory committee of eleven rabbis and Jewish scholars, this book is both profound and refreshingly simple. A welcome reintroduction to the psalms for twenty-first-century Jews.
-- Kirkus Reviews