Bread and Fire: Jewish Women Find God in the Everyday - Hardcover

Rivkah Slonim; Liz Rosenberg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9655240029 ISBN 13: 9789655240023

Publisher: Urim Publications (US), 2008

Synopsis

What does it mean to be a Jewish woman today? What does Jewish tradition offer to modern women who are looking for practical ways to bring spirituality and meaning to their lives and the lives of their loved ones? These questions and more are addressed in this book that examines the everyday lives of Jewish women and the struggles and aspirations and failings and triumphs of their spiritual endeavors. The women whose writings appear in this book span a wide range of ages, backgrounds, perspectives, and professions. In her own way, each one reveals God as an anchoring force in her life from the birthing room to the boardroom, cleaning in the kitchen or scrubbing up for surgery. In places as far apart as Jerusalem, Washington, DC, and southern India, these women help readers find the sacred within the apparently mundane. Bread and Fire contains moving teachings and honest reflections from more than 60 contributors, including Shoshana S. Cardin, Elizabeth Ehrlich, Ruchama King Feuerman, Susan Handelman, Francesca Lunzer-Kritz, Rachel Naomi Remen, Liz Rosenberg, Julie Salamon, Wendy Shalit, Sarah Shapiro, Esther Shkop, and Marian Stoltz-Loike.

About this title

Review:

"The essays, with introductions by Slonim, make up a fascinating and eclectic collection of life slices, replete with seminal experiences and deep thinking, by women who live in Israel and the Diaspora. Some are better-known: Rachel Naomi Remen, Wendy Shalit, Sherri Mandell, Shoshana Cardin, but many are new, compelling voices you'll be glad to discover." --Barbara Sofer, "Jerusalem Post"

"I highly recommend "Bread and Fire" to every Jewish woman at every stage of life. . . . [A] thought-provoking and powerful book." "Jewish Press""

"It is a feminist interpretation, not because it urges women to ignore traditional ritual, but rather, to interpret ritual in a new way that gives women unique spiritual connections rather than the fulfillment of a traditional role." "Jewish Book World
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About the Author:

Rivkah Slonim is an internationally recognized activist and lecturer who focuses on the intersection of traditional Jewish observance and contemporary life, with a special emphasis on Jewish women. She is the editor of "Total Immersion: A Mikvah Anthology" and, with her husband, the founder and director of the Chabad House Jewish Student Center at Binghamton University. Liz Rosenberg is a poet, novelist, children s book author, and book reviewer. She is a professor of English at Binghamton University."

About this edition

• Publisher: Urim Publications (US)
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 9655240029
• ISBN 13: 9789655240023
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 454