A spiritual life : a Jewish feminist journey / Merle Feld.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feld, Merle, 1947-

Series:

SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture.

SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feld, Merle, 1947-.

Feld, Merle.

Jewish women--United States--Biography.

Jewish women.

Jewish women--Religious life--United States.

Feminism--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Feminism.

Feminists--United States--Biography.

Feminists.

Spiritual life--Judaism.

Spiritual life.

Jewish religious poetry, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explores the complex facets of a Jewish woman's spiritual coming-of-age, capturing the emotional and spiritual reality of contemporary Jews as well as religious seekers of all types. A unique memoir that interweaves poetry, narrative, meditation, and social history, A Spiritual Life explores the complex facets of a Jewish woman's spiritual coming-of-age, capturing the emotional and spiritual reality of contemporary Jews as well as religious seekers of all types. From the experiences of early childhood, to the spiritual awakening of a secular adolescent encountering Jewish tradition, to the alternately funny and searing tales of new-found independence, early married life, young motherhood, and midlife, Feld comments with remarkable honesty and clarity on the many stages of spiritual and artistic exploration and growth. Overarching all these accounts is the picture of how the cycle of the Jewish calendar year comes to provide an ever-renewing source of sustenance for the author's deepening spiritual expression. Merle Feld is an award-winning playwright and poet whose work has appeared in numerous anthologies and prayerbooks. Her plays Across the Jordan and The Gates Are Closing have been staged and read at synagogues and universities across the country and internationally.

Contents:

Half Title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication Page

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Content

Beginnings

Beginning Again

The Necessity of Poetry in My Life

Report from the Trenches

Passion

Yizkor

Israel

Repairing the World: The Work of Tikkun Olam

Daily Prayer

We All Stood Together

Brigadoon, A Place for Dreams to Grow

Readers" and Writers" Guide

Back Matter

Glossary

Index of Poems

Literary Sources

About the Author

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-264) and index.

ISBN:

1-4384-3650-5

OCLC:

794701353