Inclusive Siddur Project
Welcome! The Inclusive Siddur Project is an attempt to imagine what a fully inclusive, de-stigmatized Jewish liturgy might look like. The main release is Siddur Davar Ḥadash, a nondenomenational Ashkenazi siddur. The siddur uses a modified and expanded version of the Nonbinary Hebrew Project's third-gender Hebrew system to refer to G-d as well as to human worshipers across the entire liturgy. In addition, the siddur replaces passages of the standard liturgy that are sexist, ableist, xenophobic, or otherwise stigmatizing, finding alternatives — in Hebrew and in English — that are not demeaning.
All Hebrew in the siddur is fully transliterated, and is translated in all-new translations. With the exception of a few commissioned passages, the siddur is entirely in the public domain, free to use, distribute, modify, and reproduce however you want, without restriction or cost. The source files are also available to download if you would like to use them as the basis for your own version.
The latest release comprises a full Shabbat and Festival prayerbook with evening, morning, and afternoon liturgies. The HTML, PDF, and plain text versions are linked in the menu above. If you would like to dive in and work directly with the source files themselves, you can download a zip folder containing everything you need right here.
Now that the first volume is complete, I am exploring print-on-demand options to bring hard copies into the world I hope to make that possible by the end of 2024, so check back here from time to time for updates.
As noted above, this siddur is free. It is meant as a gift, as an offering to those who have been too often shut out of Jewish communities. However, if you feel moved to offer a donation to support continued work on this project, you can do so at paypal.me/veredshlomeh.