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Lesbian Rabbis [electronic resource] : The First Generation

Author:
Alpert, Rebecca (Rebecca Trachtenberg), 1950-
Published:
Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, June 2001.
Physical Description:
272 pages ; 09.000 x 06.000 in.
Additional Creators:
Elwell, Sue Levi and Idelson, Shirley
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Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Ch. 1 Struggle, Change, and Celebration: My Life as a Lesbian Rabbi / Linda Holtzman -- Ch. 2 A Practical Theology of Presence / Nancy Wiener -- Ch. 3 Working from the Inside, Out / Julie R. Spitzer -- Ch. 4 Wholeness and Holiness: A Life's Journey / Sue Levi Elwell -- Ch. 5 Being a Lesbian Rabbi / Elizabeth Tikvah Sarah -- Ch. 6 Ten Years on the Journey toward Wholeness / Leila Gal Berner -- Ch. 7 Carrying On: A Lesbian Rabbi, Jewish Seekers, and All the Voices of Our Lives / Ellen Lippmann -- Ch. 8 Shlichut: Claiming My Mission / Karen Bender -- Ch. 9 Ger V'toshav: Member and Outsider / Sydney Mintz -- Ch. 10 Gay and Lesbian Synagogue as Spiritual Community / Sharon Kleinbaum -- Ch. 11 Why I Choose to be a Rabbi of a GLBT Synagogue / Lisa A. Edwards -- Ch. 12 Ten Years and Counting ... / Denise L. Eger -- Ch. 13 On Being a Rabbi at the Margins / Rebecca T. Alpert -- Ch. 14 My Piece of Truth / Julie Greenberg -- Ch. 15 My Language Is My Country / Shirley Idelson -- Ch. 16 Saying No in the Name of a Higher Yes / Benay Lappe -- Ch. 17 Notes from the Underground / Dawn Robinson Rose -- Ch. 18 In Hiding / Anonymous.
Summary:
Annotation The office of rabbi is the most visible symbol of power and prestige in Jewish communities. Rabbis both interpret to their congregations the reQuirements of Jewish life and instruct congregants in how best to live this life. Yet the rabbis themselves do not yet reflect the diversity of North American Jews. Since the first women rabbis were ordained in 1972, one of the four major branches of Judaism, the Orthodox, still does not admit women to the rabbinate.Lesbian Rabbis: The First Generation documents a monumental change in Jewish life as eighteen lesbian rabbis reflect on their experiences as trailblazers in Judaism's journey into an increasingly multicultural world. In remarkably frank and revealing essays, the contributors discuss their decisions to become rabbis, and describe their experiences both in school and in their rabbinical posts. They also reflect on the dilemma whether to conceal or reveal their sexual identities to their congregants and superiors, or to serve specifically gay and lesbian congregations. The contributors consider the tensions between lesbian identity and Jewish identity, and inquire whether there are particularly "lesbian" readings of traditional texts. These essays also ask how the language of Jewish tradition touches the lives of lesbians and how lesbianism challenges traditional notions of the Jewish family.
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ISBN:
9780813529158
0813529158 (Trade Cloth)
Audience Notes:
College Audience Rutgers University Press
Awards:
Lambda Literary Awards (nominated), 2002
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