Evelyn Garfiel
Evelyn Garfiel’s Jewish scholarship on topics like the prayer book and the Hebrew language helped make Jewish study accessible to the broader public. She served on the boards of Hadassah and the United Synagogue’s Women’s League, wrote a variety of educational pamphlets for the league, and in 1954 introduced the first Torah study session at the Women’s League Biennial National Convention. In 1958 she published The Service of the Heart, an exploration of the prayer book that explained the origins and purpose of different prayers and the structure of the service. She also published a book on Hebrew grammar and numerous articles.
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