Debbie Stone: Can Prayer Be Taught? [Prayer & Humanity 4/5]

18Forty Podcast

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In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Dr. Debbie Stone, an educator of young people, about how she teaches prayer.
We also speak with David’s dear friend Brad Greenbaum about the experience of prayer in serious times of need—and with Rabbi Yaakov Glasser about how he helps people who are struggling in their spiritual lives.
In this episode we discuss:

• What did Debbie learn about our relationship with prayer in the process of creating a siddur for teenagers?
• How can educators better accommodate for the discomfort with tefillah often felt by newcomers?
• What is the role of “real estate” in prayer?

Tune in to hear a conversation about all that goes into cultivating a practice of thankfulness within our communities.
Brad Greenbaum interview begins at 14:55.
Debbie Stone interview begins at 33:55.
Yaakov Glasser interview begins at 1:20:48.
Dr. Debbie Stone is an educator and lecturer. Dr. Stone serves as the Associate Head for Judaics at the Jewish Leadership Academy in Miami. She received her Doctorate in Education from Yeshiva University’s Azrieli Graduate School. Dr. Stone previously served as the associate director of education for NCSY, and authored the Koren NCSY Siddur, helping students learn and connect to prayer in Judaism.

References:
Three Steps Forward by Menachem Tenenbaum
The Musaf Prayer by Elchanan Adler
DMC: The Amidah by Ira Kosowsky
The Feigenbaum Teen Siddur by Yitzchak Feigenbaum

The Song of Shabbos by Yitzchok Alster
The Art of Tefillah by Shlomo David and Daniel Glanz
The Koren NCSY Siddur by Debbie Stone and Daniel Rose
“In Her Place” by Yisroel Besser
Netiv Ha'Avodah 10 by the Maharal of Prague