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Title: Moonbeams: A Hadassah Rosh Hodesh Guide by Carol Diament ISBN: 1-58023-099-7 Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing Pub. Date: 01 July, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Moonbeams review
Comment: Moonbeams accompanies the Jewish woman through the year. Its 9 chapters are filled with ideas to think about and activities to engage in - like the 9 months of pregnancy Jews sing about at Passover. The topics: "History and Observance of Rosh Hodesh" grounds the reader in an ancient context; "Kippah Talit and Tefillin" (men's wear redefined). A potpouri of concerns as the woman develops over the 9 months - modesty (an injunction for Jewish women in a miniskirt age?), Jewish self-hatred (does it apply to me?); medical ethics (what would I do if the unthinkable occurred?); "claiming a Jewish feminist heritage (do Jewish women have a history outside the kitchen?); ba'alot teshuvah (how can a modern woman revert to pre-feminist ways?); women and Israeli law (what is happening over there?); and women rabbis (is there a difference with men rabbis?). A wonderful feature of Moonbeams is that each chapter has a large variety of sources - the words of men and women, Jew and non-Jew, past and present. Each excerpt is carefully footnoted so the reader can go on from there to many more years of intellectual and spiritual development as a Jewish woman.
Shulamit Reinharz, Ph.D. Professor, Brandeis University
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Resource for the Jewish Feminist
Comment: This book is primarily intended for those who celebrate Rosh Hodesh, the Jewish festival of the New Moon -- traditionally considered a woman's holiday -- with a women's group. But you don't have to celebrate Rosh Hodesh or belong to a women's group to appreciate this work. I highly recommend it simply for personal enjoyment and study. The topics are wide-ranging and include medical ethics, women rabbis, the treatment of women in Israeli law, and Jewish self-hatred, among others. Each topic is approached from a feminist point of view. This is a wonderful book to curl up with on a Shabbat afternoon.
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Title: Miriam's Well: Rituals for Jewish Women Around the Year by Penina V. Adelman ISBN: 0930395115 Publisher: Holmes & Meier Publishers Pub. Date: 01 December, 1996 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The Women's Torah Commentary: New Insights from Women Rabbis on the 54 Weekly Torah Portions by Elyse Goldstein, Elyse, Rabbi Goldstein ISBN: 1580230768 Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Three Daughters by Letty Cottin Pogrebin ISBN: 0142003484 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: She Who Dwells Within : Feminist Vision of a Renewed Judaism, A by Lynn Gottlieb ISBN: 0060632925 Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco Pub. Date: 03 March, 1995 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism from a Feminist Perspective by Judith Plaskow ISBN: 0060666846 Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco Pub. Date: 01 February, 1991 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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