Chapters of the Heart: Jewish Women Sharing the Torah of Our Lives.

Elwell, Sue Levi and Kreimer, Nancy Fuchs, edited by.

ISBN 10: 1620320134 / ISBN 13: 9781620320136

Edité par Cascade Books, Eugene, Oregon, 2013

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Octavo, paper covers, xviii, 206 pp., end notes, glossary.

N° de réf. du vendeur 80891

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Chapters of the Heart: Jewish Women Sharing the Torah of Our Lives.
• Éditeur: Cascade Books, Eugene, Oregon
• Date de parution: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1620320134
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781620320136
• Reliure: Softbound
• État de l'article: Very Good

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Synopsis

Chapters of the Heart: Jewish Women Sharing the Torah of Our Lives invites readers into the lives of twenty women for whom Jewish language and texts provide a lens for understanding their experiences. The authors don't just use religious words (texts, theologies, or liturgies) like a cookbook. Instead they serve readers something closer to a real meal, prepared with love and intention. Each essay shares one piece of its writer's heart, one chapter of experience as refracted through the author's particular Jewish optic. The authors write about being daughters, mothers, sisters, partners, lovers, and friends. They share their experiences of parenting, infertility, and abortion. One describes accompanying her young husband through his life-threatening illness. Another tells of her daughter's struggle with an eating disorder. Still another reflects on long decline of a parent with Alzheimer's. All these writers wrestle with Jewish texts while growing as rabbis, as feminists, and as interfaith leaders. They open their hearts and minds, telling when Jewish tradition has helped make meaning and, on occasion, when it has come up empty. The results are sometimes inspiring, sometimes provocative. Readers will find new insights into God, into Judaism, and into themselves.

À propos des auteurs

Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell, who works for the Reform movement as a congregational consultant, edited Lesbian Rabbis (2001) and The Open Door (2002).


Rabbi Nancy Fuchs Kreimer is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and the founding Director of the Department of Multifaith Studies and Initiatives at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College where she was ordained in 1982. She co-edited Chapters of the Heart: Jewish Women Sharing the Torah of Our Lives (Wipf and Stock, 2013).