Celebrating the Lives of Jewish Women: Patterns in a Feminist Sampler

By Rachel J. Cole, Elle Siege, Rachel Josefowitz Siegel

Book Overview

Jewish women of all ages and backgrounds come together in Celebrating the Lives of Jewish Women to explore and rejoice in what they have in common--their heritage. They reveal in striking personal stories how their Jewishness has shaped their identities and informed their experiences in innumerable, meaningful ways. Survivors, witnesses, defenders, innovators, and healers, these women question, celebrate, and transmit Jewish and feminist values in hopes that they might bridge the differences among Jewish women. They invite both Jewish and non-Jewish readers to share in their discussions and stories that convey and celebrate the multiplicity of Jewish backgrounds, attitudes, and issues.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560239131
• ISBN13: 9781560239130
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

a wonderful overview of the diversity of Jewish women today

Many books have been now published on this relatively new subject: women in Judaism, women groping to find their place within Judaism, and how Judaism has influenced the lives of women. This book offers an honest and private look into thirty women's experiences with Judaism. I especially appreciated the diversity of the women chosen, and therefore the diversity of the themes explored. Many essays offered surprising moments of identification with the feelings described by women whose destiny is so different from mine; this is perhaps an indicator of this enterprise's success. Alu Ve'Hatslichu Kulchen! (May you all rise and prosper)