The Women's Passover Companion: Women's Reflections on the Festival of Freedom

ISBN-13: 9781580232319 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 352 str.

Sharon Cohen Anisfeld; Tara Mohr; Catherine Spector

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A powerful and empowering gathering of women s voices transmitting
Judaism s Passover legacy to the next generation. The Women s Passover Companion offers an in-depth examination of women s relationships to Passover as well as the roots and meanings of women s seders. This groundbreaking collection captures the voices of Jewish women rabbis, scholars, activists, political leaders and artists who engage in a provocative conversation about the themes of the Exodus and exile, oppression and liberation, history and memory, as they relate to contemporary women s lives. Whether seeking new insights into the text and traditions of Passover or learning about women s seders for the first time, both women and men will find this collection an inspiring introduction to the Passover season and an eye-opening exploration of questions central to Jewish women, to Passover and to Judaism itself.