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Rabbi Malka Drucker
ISBN: 0-275-99154-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-99154-8
257 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 4/30/2009
List Price: $65.00 (UK Sterling Price: £44.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • "In introducing this collection of 14 essays on Jewish women's spirituality, Rabbi Drucker, founding spiritual leader of HaMakom: The Place for Passionate and Progressive Judaism in Sante Fe, draws on a Talmudic metaphor to present these midrash (new readings of ancient texts) on the 'often-ignored feminine in the Divine.' Women scholars explore how
    modern Jewish women navigate familial and ecological relations; leadership roles; spirituality (drawing on female biblical and Holocaust role models, and other spiritual traditions); sexuality in diverse forms; and empowering rituals). The volume includes suggested reading."
    —Reference & Research Book News     August 2009
Description: “Women and Judaism,” the editor writes, “carries an intention to do more than bring the reader new ideas to ponder. For Jewish women, it's a charge to claim and re-claim their rightful place in their tradition … For non-Jewish sisters, we hope that it encourages you to bring change in your traditions as you learn of our effort to be counted as full members of an ancient spiritual community.”

In this all-encompassing exploration of Judaism for the modern woman, readers attend the first the Bat Mitzvah 70 years ago, hear an imagined response of biblical mothers asked to give up their children, and learn how each holiday contains an ecological message. Readers explore the power of women within a patriarchal tradition, including the story of the first woman rabbi. Readers see demonstrations of how women keep body, mind, and spirit alive, read a new view of biblical women as heroic role models, and enter the memory of women Holocaust survivors. Some contributors write about sexuality, power, and vulnerability, while others present the newest women's rituals, including Rosh Hodesh and mikveh.

 Title Features:
  • An introduction by Rabbi Malka Drucker
  • Suggestions for further reading
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
    IntroductionRabbi Malka Drucker
    Part I. WOMEN, FAMILY, AND ENVIRONMENT
    1.Unwrapping the Gift
    Rabbi Sandi Eisenberg Sasso
    2.The Ecological Message of the Holy Days
    Ellen Bernstein
    3. Sacrificing the Son
    Alice Shalvi
    Part II. SOCIOECONOMICS, POLITICS, AND AUTHORITY
    4. Woman Rabbi in Spiritual Leadership
    Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb
    5. Circles of Healing in the Time of Old Age
    Rabbi Judith Edelstein
    Part III. BODY, MIND, AND SPIRIT
    6. Biblical Heroes as Role Models for Jewish Women
    Rabbi Hara Person
    7. Women of the Holocaust: Whispering Heroes
    Pamela Treiber Opper
    8. How Women Integrate Judaism with Other Spiritual Technologies
    Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg
    Part IV. SEXUALITY, POWER, AND VULNERABILITY
    9. Women in the Double Life of The Song of Songs
    Debra Band
    10. The Book of Ruth through New Eyes
    Joy Silver
    11. Becoming a Jew from a Womans Perspective
    Judith Willmore
    Part V. WOMEN, WORLDVIEW, AND RELIGIOUS PRACTICE
    12. Miriams Well: Unearthing the Sacred in Jewish Womens
    Groups
    Shelly Fredman
    13. The Transformative Nature of the Rosh Chodesh Experience
    Rabbi Jo David
    14. A Renewed Mikvah
    Suggested Reading
    About the Editor and Contributors
About the Author: Rabbi Malka Drucker is the founding spiritual leader of HaMakom: The Place for Passionate and Progressive Judaism, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Ordained at the Academy for Jewish Religion, Rabbi Drucker has written 21 books.
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