Dr. Aliza Lavie is a lecturer in the School of Communication at Bar Ilan University. Her research focuses on communications, multi-culturalism, and the world of feminine Jewish knowledge and wisdom. Lavie is a scholar and writer, publicist, and social activist. Her best-selling work "A Jewish Woman's Prayer Book" won a National Jewish Book Award and has aroused widespread interest among academic and lay audiences. Aliza is among the most prominent figures in Jewish cultural discourse in Israel, and is a sought-after lecturer both in Israel and abroad. Aliza's Biography

On the eve of Yom Kippur, Aliza Lavie read an interview with an Israeli woman who had lost both her mother and her baby daughter in a terrorist attack. As Lavie stood in the synagogue later, she searched for comfort for the bereaved woman, for a reminder that she is a part of a great tradition of Jewish women. A Jewish Woman's Prayer Book, - winner of the 2008 NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD, is the result.

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Aliza Lavie's Award Speech | Some answers to questions

Inside the Book

Aliza Lavie's interview at the "Cafe Hafuch" show With
                            Imanuel Haleprin.

New by Aliza Lavie
Author of the best-selling “A Jewish Woman’s Prayer Book”
THE JEWISH BACKPACK
A BAR-MITZVAH ODYSSEY THROUGH THE JEWISH WORLD
(To be published in Hebrew and in English) Magid Books - Koren Publishers
More About the Book

Aliza Lavie's review at
The Leon Charney Report

"a comprehensive mass collection of prayers dealing with the woman’s life cycle, both classical and innovative, Ashkenaz and Sephardi, each speaking to, for, and at the needs of Jewish women."
Alan Jay Gerber, The Jewish Star  Read Full Review

▪ Author Aliza Lavie explains how she
  came to compile a book of prayers of
  special meaning to Jewish women,
  and how young Israelis "pray" today.                            Watch all related videos