Combines the ancient teachings of Buddhism with modern Jewish sensibilities to present such words of wisdom as "If there is no self, whose arthritis is this?" and "Be here now. Be someplace else later. Is that so complicated?"

Contemporary Judaism is transforming, especially in America, from a community experience to more of a do-it-yourself religion focused on the individual self. In this book Christopher L. Schilling offers a critique of this transformation. Schilling discusses problematic aspects of Jewish mindfulness meditation, and the relationship between Judaism and psychedelics, proceeding

Few spiritual practices are more intriguing or elusive than those of Zen Judaism,” says David M. Bader in the foreword to Zen Judaism. “This growing movement offers a unique way to follow in the footsteps of the Buddha, ideally without gaining quite so much weight.” These nearly 100 sacred teachings

Zen Judaism is a frank reflection on the tensions between reason and faith in today’s context of knowledge, and on the need to inject Zen-like meditation into Judaism. This work also treats some issues in ethics and theodicy.

In their own individual voices, 22 teachers, scholars, psychologists, and rabbis explain why and how they meditate and how to overcome obstacles to meditation.