03970nam 2200745Ia 450 991097000410332120200520144314.09780791486153079148615X97814175380891417538082(CKB)1000000000448701(SSID)ssj0000186063(PQKBManifestationID)11185373(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000186063(PQKBWorkID)10216561(PQKB)10837253(MiAaPQ)EBC3408437(OCoLC)56408567(MdBmJHUP)muse6066(Au-PeEL)EBL3408437(CaPaEBR)ebr10594764(DE-B1597)682343(DE-B1597)9780791486153(Perlego)2671923(EXLCZ)99100000000044870120021220d2003 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrJoining the sisterhood young Jewish women write their lives /edited by Tobin Belzer and Julie Pelc1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc2003ix, 227 pSUNY series in modern Jewish literature and cultureBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780791458617 079145861X Includes bibliographical references.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.Essays and poems that offer insight into what it means to be a young Jewish woman today.American literatureJewish authorsAmerican literatureWomen authorsJewish womenUnited StatesYoung womenUnited StatesJewish womenPoetryYoung womenPoetryAmerican literatureJewish authors.American literatureWomen authors.Jewish womenYoung womenJewish womenYoung women810.8/09287/089924Belzer Tobin1805223Pelc Julie1805224MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910970004103321Joining the sisterhood4353689UNINA