Awards

• Winner of Finalist, Religious Book, 2009 2009 (United States)

Overview

Contributors to Women and Judaism describe the many ways in which women are claiming a place in and changing the face of this ancient religion. ""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.

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<p> This volume rewards the reader and challenges us to consider issues that lie ahead. - <p>Lilith Magazine

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 The book is a collection of essays that address topics that are both diverse and broad... It is an ambitious book, a brave attempt to cover so many aspects of what it means (and has meant) to be a Jewish woman. - Jewish Book World This volume rewards the reader and challenges us to consider issues that lie ahead. - Lilith Magazine

"""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 ""The book is a collection of essays that address topics that are both diverse and broad... It is an ambitious book, a brave attempt to cover so many aspects of what it means (and has meant) to be a Jewish woman."" - Jewish Book World ""This volume rewards the reader and challenges us to consider issues that lie ahead."" - Lilith Magazine"

Author Information

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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