Stephen A. Rapp

STEPHEN A. RAPP is a mechanical engineer, yoga teacher, and the author of Aleph-Bet Yoga: Embodying the Hebrew Letters for Physical and Spiritual Well-Being and coauthor of The Jewish Pregnancy Book: A Resource for the Soul, Body and Mind During Pregnancy, Birth and the First Three Months. He also contributed to The Rituals and Practices of a Jewish Life.

Rapp holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Tufts University, where he studied with poets Philip Levine and Jane Shore. He worked as a manager at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Boston.

When not writing, Rapp teaches religious school at Temple Beth David in Canton, Massachusetts, and offers personal instruction linking traditional yoga practice with Judaism. Much of his work explores the intersection of Jewish tradition and embodied spiritual practice.

Stephen A. Rapp’s books are published by Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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