A spiritual life : a Jewish feminist journey / / Merle Feld

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910972959403321
• Autore: Feld Merle <1947->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c1999
• ISBN: 1-4384-3650-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (344 p.)
• Collana: SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture
• Disciplina: 305.48/8924073; B
• Soggetti: Jewish women - United States; Jewish women - Religious life - United States; Feminism - Religious aspects - Judaism; Feminists - United States; Spiritual life - Judaism; Jewish religious poetry, American
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-264) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Content -- Beginnings -- Beginning Again -- The Necessity of Poetry in My Life -- Report from the Trenches -- Passion -- Yizkor -- Israel -- Repairing the World: The Work of Tikkun Olam -- Daily Prayer -- We All Stood Together -- Brigadoon, A Place for Dreams to Grow -- Readers" and Writers" Guide -- Back Matter -- Glossary -- Index of Poems -- Literary Sources -- About the Author -- Back Cover.
• Sommario/riassunto: Explores the complex facets of a Jewish woman's spiritual coming-of-age, capturing the emotional and spiritual reality of contemporary Jews as well as religious seekers of all types. A unique memoir that interweaves poetry, narrative, meditation, and social history, A Spiritual Life explores the complex facets of a Jewish woman's spiritual coming-of-age, capturing the emotional and spiritual reality of contemporary Jews as well as religious seekers of all types. From the experiences of early childhood, to the spiritual awakening of a secular adolescent encountering Jewish tradition, to the alternately funny and searing tales of new-found independence, early married life, young motherhood, ; and midlife, Feld comments with remarkable honesty and clarity on the many stages of spiritual and artistic exploration and growth. Overarching all these accounts is the picture of how the cycle of the Jewish calendar year comes to provide an ever-renewing source of sustenance for the author's deepening spiritual expression. Merle Feld is an award-winning playwright and poet whose work has appeared in numerous anthologies and prayerbooks. Her plays Across the Jordan and The Gates Are Closing have been staged and read at synagogues and universities across the country and internationally.