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Engelberg Cohen, Yocheved
"Important Women - A Socio-Halachic Definition," Engelberg Cohen, Yocheved. To Be a Jewish Woman, Proceedings of the Third International Conference: Women and Their Judaism, July 2003, pp. 17-22.
Synopsis: Yocheved Engelberg Cohen discusses the passage from Pesachim 108a which states that only “important women” are required to recline on Pesach.
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Goldstein Saks, Illana
"In A Good Time," Goldstein Saks, Illana. Vehigadet Levitekh, JOFA, 2003.
Synopsis: This article explains the connection between the haftorah portion read on Shabbat Chol Hamoed of Pesach, Yehezkel, chapter 37 and the Pesach holiday. Both stories revolve around the theme of redemption from the depths of despair. Moreover, the images in the haftorah are a reminder that even when hope seems so distant and actions so useless, one should never despair.
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Groner, Samuel
"Women and the Fast of the Firstborn," Groner, Samuel. JOFA Journal, V, 1, 2004, 7.
Synopsis: This brief article summarizes the sources which discuss whether or not women should observe the fast of the firstborn.
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Rosenfeld, Jennie
"Towards Personal Redemption," Rosenfeld, Jennie. Vehigadet Levitekh, 2004.
Synopsis: Rosenfeld teaches lessons about the sense of change and psychological redemption we strive to feel during Pesach in an effort to connect with yetziat mitzrayim, the exodus from Egypt.
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"A Place at the Table: An Orthodox Feminist Exploration of the Seder," JOFA Journal, V, 2004, 2-6.
Synopsis: This special section presents feminist interpretations of the components and symbols of the Passover Seder, and reveals that feminist themes, such as the development of female religious and communal leaders and the covenantal birth of the Jewish nation, are intrinsic to the Passover holiday.
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Synopsis: Miriam's Cup is a new ritual for the Passover seder. Its purpose is to honor the role of Miriam the Prophetess in the Exodus and to highlight the contributions of women to Jewish culture, past and present
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Adelman, Rachel
Torah of the Mothers. Adelman, Rachel. Urim Publications, 2000.
Synopsis: This book is a collection of essays and teachings by women scholars, each of whom brings her own area of expertise to bear, providing novel and refreshing insights into biblical and rabbinic texts. Each also offers thought-provoking commentary on the ever present themes of exile and redemption, which are intrinsic to the ongoing saga of the Jewish people.
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Broner, E.M.
The Telling: Including the Women's Haggadah. Broner, E.M.. Harper, 1994.
Synopsis: E.M. Broner tells the fascinating stories of Jewish women who move beyond the constraints of tradition to celebrate their own innovative spirituality.
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Cohen Anisfeld, Sharon, Tara Mohr and Catherine Spector
The Woman's Seder Sourcebook: Rituals and Readings for Use at the Passover Seder. Cohen Anisfeld, Sharon, Tara Mohr and Catherine Spector. Jewish Lights, 2003.
Synopsis: A sourcebook for planning women's seders. Some of the selections come from unpublished liturgies from campus Hillel groups, individual congregations and Jewish women's organizations, but most were solicited from female rabbis, scholars and other notables such as Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anne Roiphe, Lynn Gottlieb and Judith Plaskow. The manual closes with a practical appendix on how to plan a women's seder.
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Cohen, Tamara Ed
The Journey Continues. The Ma'yan Passover Haggadah. Cohen, Tamara Ed. Ma'yan: The Jewish Women's Project, 2002.
Synopsis: The Journey Continues is a Haggadah with a feminist focus. The text's grounding in Jewish tradition is firm, its borrowings from recent feminist writings insightful, its innovations both creative and poetic. It includes gender inclusive English blessings and transliterated Hebrew, as well as both traditional and feminine Hebrew blessings. This revised edition contains explicit directions and suggestions for activism.
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Dishon, David and Noam Zion
A Different Night: The Family Participation Haggadah (with Separate Leader's Guide). Dishon, David and Noam Zion. Shalom Hartman Institute, 1997.
Synopsis: A Different Night is a family participation haggadah for all Jewish denominations and levels of knowledge that offers stories, discussions, explanations, readings, songs, activities and games. The language is accessible and directions complete and it offers both a short and a long seder guaranteed to be fun and intelectually stimulating for adults, teenagers and children. Recommended by rabbis of all denominations, it has become an enormous best seller. The enormous variety of activities offered allow one to tailormake seder so that every year produce new Jewish memories.
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Elwell, Sue Levi Ed
The Open Door: A Passover Haggadah. Elwell, Sue Levi Ed. Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2002.
Synopsis: This book includes traditional and innovative blessings, extensive commentaries and supplemental readings, Miriam's Cup and women's voices, gender inclusive language, more than forty pages of traditional and newly commissioned music and magnificent full-color art. Blessings and prayers transliterated.
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Heschel, Susannah
On Being A Jewish Feminist, A Reader. Heschel, Susannah. Shocken, 1995.
Synopsis: A collection of essays that address feminist issues within Judaism.
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Levitt, Joy and Michael Strassfield
A Night of Questions: A Passover Haggadah. Levitt, Joy and Michael Strassfield. Jewish Reconstructionist Federation, 2002.
Synopsis: A Night of Questions offers everything found in the traditional Haggadah plus a cornucopia of marvelous marginalia, provocative readings and commentaries, suggestions for embellished rituals, song lyrics, incisive interpretations, historical notesall of it rendered in language that manages to be inclusive and nonsexist without sacrificing lyricism and grace.
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Moise, Elaine and Rebecca Schwartz
The Dancing With Miriam Haggadah: A Jewish Woman's Celebration of Passover. Moise, Elaine and Rebecca Schwartz. Rikudei Miriam Press, 1996.
Synopsis: The Dancing with Miriam Haggadah is a groundbreaking work of creativity and spirituality, yet strongly connected to the tradition. The Dancing with Miriam Haggadah contains original prayers, commentary, poetry, music and art. The traditional Passover symbols appear, but they are experienced and interpreted with a feminist understanding of life, history and the earth.
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Peerless, Shmuel
Studies in the Haggadah from the Teachings of Nechama Leibowitz. Peerless, Shmuel. Urim Publications, 2003.
Synopsis: The essence of the educational approach reflected in the Passover Haggadah is the question and answer method. Studies on the Haggadah is based on the teachings of one of the outstanding Bible teachers of our generation, Nechama Leibowitz, presenting over 100 analytical questions relating to the Passover Seder and the Exodus from Egypt. The full text of the Passover Haggadah appears in the original Hebrew with English translation. The commentary is in English.
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Schwartz, Rebecca Ed
All the Women Followed Her: A Collection of Writings on Miriam the Prophet and the Women of the Exodus. Schwartz, Rebecca Ed. Rikudei Miriam Press, 2001.
Synopsis: This popular women-centered version of the Haggadah includes Hebrew text and transliteration along with English. All the Women Followed Her is a groundbreaking collection of women's voices as they explore the vital yet enigmatic figure of Miriam the Prophet. With over thirty authors, this volume presents the voices of women across the Jewish spectrum: secular, Orthodox, American, Israeli, lesbian, straight, poets, professors and rabbis -- all following Miriam.
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Swidler, Arlene
Sistercelebrations: Nine Worship Experiences. Swidler, Arlene . Fortress Press, 1974.
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Wiskind Elper, Ora
Torah of the Mothers: Contemporary Jewish Women Read Classical Jewish Texts. Wiskind Elper, Ora. Urim Publications, 2000.
Synopsis: Torah of the Mothers is a landmark collection of essays and teachings culled from years of Bible and Jewish study by highly accomplished women Torah scholars and educators.
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Wolowelsky, Joel
Women at the Seder: A Passover Haggadah. Wolowelsky, Joel. , 2005.
Synopsis: Women at the Seder is a traditional Passover Haggadah whose commentary celebrates of one of the great transformations of the Torah community during this past century: the emergence of women from the privacy of their home “tents” to the public arena of the synagogue and Torah study halls, without abandoning in any way their central traditional role as the cornerstone of the home and family. The Rabbis had long ago acknowledged that it was in the merit of our righteous women that Israel was redeemed from slavery. The Passover seder -- the home celebration of our national liberation – is an appropriate place to acknowledge and honor women’s expanded role in our public as well as private religious life.
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Zones, Jane
San Diego Women's Haggadah. Zones, Jane. Women's Institute for Continuing Jewish Education, 1986.
Synopsis: A Passover Haggadah for women.
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Zornberg, Avivah
The Particulars of Rapture: Reflections on Exodus. Zornberg, Avivah. Doubleday, 2001.
Synopsis: The Particulars of Rapture is Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg's literary and theological exploration of the book of Exodus. The Particulars of Rapture gathers many midrashim that Zornberg has told and also discusses the process by which she created these stories--a process that she describes with reference to a wide range of psychological, philosophical, and literary works.
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