Recent years have seen an explosion of interest in personal ritual and spirituality, as well as an exciting expansion of women's participation and leadership in Jewish life. The three volumes of Lifecycles bring together over 100 leading thinkers to create the first comprehensive work on Jewish lifecycle that features women's perspectives.
In a style that is perceptive, insightful and personal, Lifecycles, V. 1 covers the spectrum of life's passages and personal milestones: Childbirth, Conversion, Marriage, Singlehood, Coming Out, Mid-Life, Divorce, Aging and more. Included are personal narratives, traditional concepts, new approaches, practical insights and rituals and ceremonies to study and use. The contributors explore tradition and innovation with passion and self-awareness, expressing the way Jewish women see and affect the world.
Introductions by Rabbi Debra Orenstein provide readers with a broader context for the ideas shared in each section. Complete with an afterword guide to creating rituals, this landmark volume gives women a resource for recognizing and marking their own life passages and personal milestones.
Contributors:
Arlene Agus Rebecca T. Alpert Amy Bardack Bonnie Ellen Baron Lawrence Baron Elana Rosenfeld Berkowitz Leila Gal Berner Antonia M. Bookbinder Barbara Breitman Anne Brener Shoshana Brown-Gutoff Debra Cantor Nina Beth Cardin Treasure Cohen Carol V. Davis Rick E. F. Dinitz Tina D. Fein Dinitz Sue Levi Elwell Amy Eilberg Merle Feld Elizabeth Warner Frank Tikva Frymer-Kensky Laura Geller Mary Gendler Lynn Gottlieb Rivka Haut Pamela Hoffman Barbara D. Holender Vicki Hollander Margaret Holub Norma Baumel Joseph Debra Newman Kamin Patricia Karlin-Neumann Lori Hope Lefkovitz Rose L. Levinson Jane Litman Shulamit Magnus Catherine Hall Myrowitz Debra Orenstein Harriet M. Perl Renee Gal Primack Einat Ramon Jane Baron Rechtman Sandy Eisenberg Sasso Mildred Seltzer Dena Shenk Eleanor Smith Ellen M. Umansky Sheila Peltz Weinberg Chava Weissler Clara Frances Zilberstein"