"Alicia Jo Rabins writes as if she's in conversation with the divine itself.This isn't merely a book to be read--it's a scripture for the searching heart, a reminder that the border between the human and the holy is, and always has been, porous." -- Reza Aslan, author of Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth "Seeing the world through Alicia Jo Rabins' eyes is like peering through a diaphanous veil--everything from college hookups to CD jewel cases to fiddle busking in suburbia are rendered with a sacred glow." -- GennaRose Nethercott, author of Thistlefoot "Raucous, entertaining, and always authentic, When We're Born We Forget Everything filters the pilgrimage narrative through a punk aesthetic, and what emerges on the other side gloriously upends the received strictures and obligations of that which we've deemed 'holy,' and uncovers along the way a beguiling treatise on love. Throughout, When We're Born We Forget Everything had me plotzing with joy." -- Matthew Gavin Frank, author of Submersed "With the lyricism of a poet and the courage of a seeker, [Rabins] transforms the fragments of a modern life--motherhood, music, faith, desire--into a meditation on what it means to awaken to the sacred hidden in the ordinary. I loved this book, it is a wonder." -- Nina McConigley, author of How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder "Feminist-spelunking in the depths of the patriarchy, Alicia Jo Rabins illuminates the sacred days and nights of the art life.

" --Jolie Holland "In When We're Born We Forget Everything , poet and musician Alicia Jo Rabins shares her journey of creating a world of music, love, study, language and care, ultimately finding her makom , her true and fitting place. She remembered everything. We are the enriched beneficiaries." -- Rabbi Ellen Lippmann "With the propulsive beat of her old-time fiddling, Alicia Jo Rabins' When We're Born, We Forget Everything exposes the heart of a great Jewish leader and her development as an educator, rebbe, and musician. These captivating vignettes offer deep insight into Rabins, the Jewish community, and our contemporary world." -- Rabbi Burt Visotzky, Jewish Theological Seminary.