Poetry. Ruth F. Brin is one of the liturgical pioneers of the post-World War II era. She has spent many years modernizing traditional Jewish prayers and texts, and offering new interpretive readings and original poetry reflecting her own religious experience. HARVEST: COLLECTED POEMS AND PRAYERS brings together her writings from nearly thirty years and represents Brin's wide-ranging search for the power and meaning of prayer. Ruth Brin is one of the few truly authentic Jewish poets, writing in English, in this country -- Rabbi Ira Eisenstein.