# Five Cities of Refuge

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- Book: [Five Cities of Refuge](https://www.bookquiver.com/lawrence-kushner/five-cities-of-refuge) ([Five Cities of Refuge.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/lawrence-kushner/five-cities-of-refuge.md))
- Authors: [Lawrence Kushner](https://www.bookquiver.com/lawrence-kushner), [David Mamet](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-mamet)
- Publisher: schocken
- ISBN: 978-08-0524-220-1
- Pages: 192
- Published: 2003-08-26
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

In the ancient Jewish practice of the kavannah (a meditation designed to focus one’s heart on its spiritual goal), Lawrence Kushner and David Mamet offer their own reactions to key verses from each...