04008nam 2200697Ia 450 991097295940332120251117095719.01-4384-3650-5(CKB)2550000000104334(EBL)3407184(SSID)ssj0000676448(PQKBManifestationID)11420722(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000676448(PQKBWorkID)10684099(PQKB)11173043(MiAaPQ)EBC3407184(OCoLC)794701353(MdBmJHUP)muse14082(Au-PeEL)EBL3407184(CaPaEBR)ebr10574045(BIP)41609462(BIP)47656586(EXLCZ)99255000000010433419980529d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA spiritual life a Jewish feminist journey /Merle FeldAlbany State University of New York Pressc19991 online resource (344 p.)SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-7914-4117-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-264) and index.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.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.SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture.Jewish womenUnited StatesBiographyJewish womenReligious lifeUnited StatesFeminismReligious aspectsJudaismFeministsUnited StatesBiographySpiritual lifeJudaismJewish religious poetry, AmericanJewish womenJewish womenReligious lifeFeminismReligious aspectsJudaism.FeministsSpiritual lifeJudaism.Jewish religious poetry, American.305.48/8924073BFeld Merle1947-1869074MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910972959403321A spiritual life4477258UNINA