David Zaslow is rabbi emeritus of Havurah Shir Hadash in Ashland, Oregon. He received the American Book Award for educational materials in 1988, and the Church/Synagogue Library Association Book of the Year award in 2015 for Jesus: First-Century Rabbi. He's also the author of Reimagining Exodus, and editor of the popular Renewal prayerbooks, Ivdu et Hashem b’Simcha and L’cha Dodi, featuring Reb Zalman Schacter-Shalomi's interpretative translations.