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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970004103321

Titolo

Joining the sisterhood : young Jewish women write their lives / / edited by Tobin Belzer and Julie Pelc

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2003

ISBN

9780791486153

079148615X

9781417538089

1417538082

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

ix, 227 p

Collana

SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture

Altri autori (Persone)

BelzerTobin

PelcJulie

Disciplina

810.8/09287/089924

Soggetti

American literature - Jewish authors

American literature - Women authors

Jewish women - United States

Young women - United States

Jewish women

Young women

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Joining the Sisterhood -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Ruach: Ourselves in Relation to Others and the Environment -- 1. Bais Yaakov Girl (essay) by EVE ROSENBAUM -- 2. Questions (poem) by MELANIE LEITNER -- 3. Ground Contemplation Prayer (essay) by LEAH BERGER -- 4. Singing Praises (essay) by SHOSHANA M. FRIEDMAN -- 5. God Lives in the Himalayas (essay) by LEANNE LIEBERMAN -- 6. Yom Kippur in Ecuador (Me and the Virgin) (poem) by ALEZA EVE KAUFMAN SUMMIT -- 7. Where the Mountain Touches the Sky (essay) by VERED HANKIN -- 8. Sister (poem) by ALANA SUSKIN -- 9. Mazel: The Luck of the Irish (essay) by CHARLOTTE GREEN HONIGMAN-SMITH -- Part II: Nefesh: Ourselves in Relation to Our Bodies -- 10. Blessings in Boxes (essay) by GABRIELLE KAPLAN-MAYER -- 11. At Home in My Own Skin (essay) by CLARA THALER --



12. Boiled Beet (poem) by ANNA SWANSON -- 13. Who is a Jew? (essay) by LOOLWA KHAZZOOM -- 14. The Kibbutz (1989) (poem) by DEBORAH PREG -- 15. When You're Looking for G-d, Go Home (essay) by JESSIE HELLER-FRANK -- 16. Orange (poem) by ANDREA GOTTLIEB -- 17. A Woman of Valor, Who Can Find? (essay) by JULIE PELC -- Part III: Neshamah: Our Emotional and Intellectual Selves -- 18. Chutzpah and Menschlekeit: Negotiating Identity in Jerusalem (essay) by CARYN AVIV -- 19. Passages (poem) by LEAH BERGER -- 20. Meeting in the Middle (essay) by LYNNE MEREDITH SCHREIBER -- 21. Secret Weapon (poem) by AMY ELISABETH BOKSER -- 22. Ira Glass, Where Are You? (essay) by TOBIN BELZER -- 23. Stepping Eastward (essay) by DAVEENA TAUBER -- 24. Making Love on the Deutsche Bahn (essay) by RUTH A. ABUSCH-MAGDER -- Glossary -- Contributors.

Sommario/riassunto

Essays and poems that offer insight into what it means to be a young Jewish woman today.