Joining the sisterhood: young Jewish women write their lives

Joining the Sisterhood......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
Part I: Ruach: Ourselves in Relation to Others and the Environment......Page 22
1. Bais Yaakov Girl (essay) by EVE ROSENBAUM......Page 24
2. Questions (poem) by MELANIE LEITNER......Page 36
3. Ground Contemplation Prayer (essay) by LEAH BERGER......Page 37
4. Singing Praises (essay) by SHOSHANA M. FRIEDMAN......Page 46
5. God Lives in the Himalayas (essay) by LEANNE LIEBERMAN......Page 55
6. Yom Kippur in Ecuador (Me and the Virgin) (poem) by ALEZA EVE KAUFMAN SUMMIT......Page 67
7. Where the Mountain Touches the Sky (essay) by VERED HANKIN......Page 69
8. Sister (poem) by ALANA SUSKIN......Page 82
9. Mazel: The Luck of the Irish (essay) by CHARLOTTE GREEN HONIGMAN-SMITH......Page 83
Part II: Nefesh: Ourselves in Relation to Our Bodies......Page 94
10. Blessings in Boxes (essay) by GABRIELLE KAPLAN-MAYER......Page 96
11. At Home in My Own Skin (essay) by CLARA THALER......Page 108
12. Boiled Beet (poem) by ANNA SWANSON......Page 117
13. Who is a Jew? (essay) by LOOLWA KHAZZOOM......Page 119
14. The Kibbutz (1989) (poem) by DEBORAH PREG......Page 130
15. When You’re Looking for G-d, Go Home (essay) by JESSIE HELLER-FRANK......Page 132
16. Orange (poem) by ANDREA GOTTLIEB......Page 142
17. A Woman of Valor, Who Can Find? (essay) by JULIE PELC......Page 144
Part III: Neshamah: Our Emotional and Intellectual Selves......Page 156
18. Chutzpah and Menschlekeit: Negotiating Identity in Jerusalem (essay) by CARYN AVIV......Page 158
19. Passages (poem) by LEAH BERGER......Page 174
20. Meeting in the Middle (essay) by LYNNE MEREDITH SCHREIBER......Page 175
21. Secret Weapon (poem) by AMY ELISABETH BOKSER......Page 186
22. Ira Glass, Where Are You? (essay) by TOBIN BELZER......Page 188
23. Stepping Eastward (essay) by DAVEENA TAUBER......Page 200
24. Making Love on the Deutsche Bahn (essay) by RUTH A. ABUSCH-MAGDER......Page 210
Glossary......Page 222
Contributors......Page 234