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Ancient wisdom meets radical justice in this powerful reimagining of the Jewish path of teshuvah.
The Path of Repair is a bold spiritual and ethical roadmap for personal and collective transformation. Rooted in ancient Jewish wisdom and illuminated by contemporary practices of mindfulness and abolitionist theology, this book invites readers into the heart of what it means to be human: the capacity to confront harm, cultivate forgiveness, and commit to lasting repair.
Drawing on the teachings of medieval Jewish philosopher Maimonides, Rabbi Ari Lev Fornari offers a profound reinterpretation of teshuvah—commonly translated as “repentance”—as a lifelong journey of healing, accountability, and liberation. With clarity and compassion, Fornari weaves together two decades of meditation practice with the urgency of justice work, revealing teshuvah not as a private spiritual exercise, but as a public act of courage and connection.
In a world fractured by violence, inequality, and disconnection, The Path of Repair speaks directly to our deepest longings for change. This book is not only a guide—it is an invitation to reclaim our moral imagination and participate in the ongoing work of transformation, both within ourselves and in the world around us.
Ari Lev Fornari (he/they) is the Senior Rabbi at Kol Tzedek, a Reconstructionist synagogue in West Philadelphia. He was ordained by the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College. Ari Lev has worked as a prison chaplain, served on the faculty of SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva, and teaches meditation at the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
Ari Lev loves to cook, bike, meditate, tend his house plants, and parent. When he is not at Kol Tzedek, he can be found coaching little league. He is deeply committed to the creation and embodiment of Torat Hayyim, a living Jewish tradition. This requires that our lives be deeply informed by ancient wisdom and practices, and that Jewish traditions learn and grow from our insights and lived experiences.
Sol Weiss is a visual artist and cultural organizer based on Nipmuc Pocumtuk lands in Northampton, Massachusetts. Sol uses ritual, art, song, creative strategy and experiential education for healing and cultural change at the intersections of land, justice and Jewish tradition. From 2017-2021, they served as Co-Director at Linke Fligl, a collective queer Jewish chicken farm & cultural organizing project where they managed operations and communications and led programs and workshops for anti-colonial land connection, healing and liberation. Today, Sol is the Director of Communications & Resource Sharing with Tzedek Lab, a national multiracial network of political educators, organizers, spiritual leaders and cultural workers fighting antisemitism, racism and white supremacy. They also work as an artist, illustrator and graphic designer, representing musicians, organizers, visionaries, and world builders.