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Women of the Wall: Claiming Sacred Ground at Judaism's Holy Site »
Authors: Phyllis Chesler (Editor), Rivka Haut
ISBN-13: 9781580231619, ISBN-10: 1580231616
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Date Published: April 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Phyllis Chesler
Book Synopsis
Table of Contents
| Prayer for Women of the Wall | ||
| Preface | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Introduction | ||
| Pt. I | Women Who Pray at the Kotel: In Their Own Words | |
| Drama in Jerusalem | 3 | |
| Encountering Fear | 36 | |
| A Personal Account | 37 | |
| Interview with Anat Hoffman | 42 | |
| Sacred Tears | 58 | |
| Torah Dedication Ceremony | 59 | |
| Tzitzit and Tefillin at the Kotel | 63 | |
| The Kotel and Me | 94 | |
| Reawakening | 99 | |
| With Strings Attached: A Jew Wears a Tallit to the Kotel | 103 | |
| A Worshiper from Brazil | 108 | |
| Turning Point | 109 | |
| My Daughter's Bat Mitzvah | 112 | |
| Pt. II | Legal and Political Analysis | |
| The Fight against Being Silenced | 115 | |
| Scenes from a Courtroom | 134 | |
| The Lawsuit: 1989 - Present | 136 | |
| Stone Song | 159 | |
| The Politics of Women of the Wall | 180 | |
| Dominion of Arrogance | 205 | |
| Pt. III | Denominational Views | |
| Why? A Reform Rabbi's Answer | 209 | |
| Encompassing Diversity | 213 | |
| Against the Wall | 215 | |
| My Father's Tallit | 222 | |
| A Wall That Matters and Others That Don't: A Meta-Denominational View | 224 | |
| A Moving Experience | 236 | |
| Impressions | 238 | |
| Meditation and Conflict: A Journey on Paper | 240 | |
| Chodesh Tov | 252 | |
| The Tears of My Soul | 254 | |
| Beyond My Wildest Dreams | 258 | |
| Pt. IV | Halakhic Theory and Ritual Objects | |
| Orthodox Women's Spirituality | 263 | |
| Shema B'Kolah: On Listening to Women's Voices in Prayer | 288 | |
| Women and Ritual Artifacts | 310 | |
| Toward a Psychology of Liberation: Feminism and Religion - a Conclusion | 335 | |
| Epilogue: Rosh Chodesh Adar 5762 (2002) | 355 | |
| A Chronology of Women of the Wall | 362 | |
| Notes | 392 | |
| Suggested Reading | 409 | |
| About the Contributors | 414 | |
| Index | 422 | |
| About Jewish Lights | 430 |
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