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Much has changed for Jewish women since the first edition of Four
Centuries of Jewish Women's Spirituality appeared in 1992.
Associations of Jewish women--academic, religious, secular--have
proliferated, making the women's voices heard. In collecting
material for this completely revised edition, the editors drew upon
sources that express the diversity of Jewish women, mainly from
1560 to the present. They sought material by Jewish women of
different ages, sexual orientations, educational and socioeconomic
backgrounds, and nationalities. Reflecting a wide variety of
literary genres, sources include spiritual works (sermons,
addresses, ritual blessing, prayers) as well as letters, sisterhood
minutes, and committee reports that also express the spiritual
concerns of their authors. Writings by women rabbis and
contemporary Orthodox women, along with documents from Latin
America, bring the volume up to date.
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All These Vows - Kol Nidre (Paperback)
Catherine Madsen, Annette M Boeckler, Eliezer Diamond, Ellen M. Umansky, Erica Brown, …
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During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, thousands
of American Jews were drawn to the teachings of Christian Science.
Viewing such attraction with alarm, American Reform Rabbis sought
to counter Christian Science's appeal by formulating a Jewish
vision of happiness and health. Unlike Christian Science, it
acknowledged the benefits of modern medecine yet, sharing the
belief in God as the true source of healing, similarly emphasized
the power of visualization and affirmative prayer. Though the
numbers of those formally affiliated with Jewish science would
remain small, its emphasis on the connection between mind and body
influenced scores of rabbis and thousands if not hundreds of
thousands of American Jews, predating contemporary Jewish interest
in spiritual healing by more than seventy years. Examining an
important and previously unwritten chapter in the story of American
Judaism, this book sheds light on religious and social concerns of
twentieth-century American Jewry, including ways in which adherence
to Jewish Science helped thousands bridge the perceived gap between
Judaism and modernity.
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