The Choosing : A Rabbi's Journey from Silent Nights to High Holy Days.
Title:
The Choosing : A Rabbi's Journey from Silent Nights to High Holy Days.
Author:
Myers, Andrea.
ISBN:
9780813550954
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (204 pages)
Contents:
CONTENTS -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Author's Note -- Prologue -- 1 Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur: Bird in Hand -- 2 The Secular New Year: Happy New Year -- 3 The New Year for Trees: The Lance and the Twig -- 4 The New Year for Animals: Because No One Is Allergic to Butterflies -- 5 Sukkot: Wild Turkey -- 6 Chanukah: Miller Light -- 7 Purim: Surprise Endings -- 8 Passover: I'll Be Home for Pesach -- 9 Lag B'Omer: The Work of the Chariot -- 10 Shavuot: Take Two Tablets -- 11 Tisha B'Av: Broken Sound -- 12 Elul: Hit-or-Mitzvah -- 13 Purim Katan: Customs and Gratuities Included.
Abstract:
In The Choosing, Andrea Myers fuses heartwarming anecdotes with rabbinic insights and humor to describe what it means to survive and flourish on your own terms. Portioned around the cycle of the Jewish year, with stories connected to each of the holidays, Myers draws on her unique path to the rabbinate-leaving behind her Christian upbringing, coming out as a lesbian, discovering Judaism in college, moving to Israel, converting, and returning to New York to become a rabbi, partner, and parent.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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