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Summary: Powerful and inspiring
Review: I didn't know as much as I would have liked about Passover, and these books were extremely helpful in becoming more familiar with it. Finding new perspectives on the traditional story and ritual was an exciting way to go about learning, and it really helped me connect to the holiday. In addition, the books just provide a great take on women's roles and accomplishments today. I would recommend this book and the Women's Seder Sourcebook to everyone, whether you have thought a lot about Passover and are looking for fresh insights, or are just starting out and looking for meaning in the traditions of Passover.
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Summary: Powerful and inspiring
Review: I didn't know as much as I would have liked about Passover, and these books were extremely helpful in becoming more familiar with it. Finding new perspectives on the traditional story and ritual was an exciting way to go about learning, and it really helped me connect to the holiday. In addition, the books just provide a great take on women's roles and accomplishments today. I would recommend this book and the Women's Seder Sourcebook to everyone, whether you have thought a lot about Passover and are looking for fresh insights, or are just starting out and looking for meaning in the traditions of Passover.
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Summary: Amazing Contribution
Review: This book, together with its companion, The Women's Seder Sourcebook, is a wonderful, wide-ranging compilation of beautifully composed thoughts, rituals, readings, and reflections by women from across an incredible spectrum of backgrounds. The two volumes represent not only a culmination of over thirty years of growth in the Jewish women's movement but can also stand alone as works that capture a breadth of Jewish women's voices at this particular moment in history.The books are equally suitable for the Jewish professional and the Passover novice. No matter your age, religious affiliation, or political ideals, these books contain a multitude of readings that will resonate for you--and countless other readings from which you will learn and expand your understanding of the Passover holiday. I recommend them strongly no matter where you are on your journey through the wilderness.
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Summary: Interesting but . . .
Review: This is an interesting book for those interested in adding a remembrance of the role of the woman to their Pesach seder. However, it very much revels the "anti-men" sentiment of many feminists in that complaints are made about the "all male" celebration of the seder (which was never my experience) while admitions are made that some of the seders organized by women are "all women" and even little boys are not permitted to attend -- reference "Sanctified by Ritual" by Phyllis Chesler (pages 213 to 220) and "Pluralism in Feminist Settings" by Martha Achelsberg (pages 229 to 234). How can women complain about "male only" anything when they exclude men because "some women are uncomfortable praying with men"? Is it not possible that some men are uncomfortable praying with women? Is it possible that some women think that men do not suffer from discomfort in the presence of women? As a woman, I believe that having some degree of separateness between the genders is a good thing -- but it must be a two-way street. Women must allow men their separate times as well as setting aside some rituals for themselves. Women are different from men. Women do not experience life in the same way as men. Women have a different approach to the religious experience and that difference should be recognized -- and celebrated. Perhaps the mechitzah is not such a bad thing -- and perhaps the Orthodox should recognize 10 women as consisting as a minyan separate from a male minyan of 10 men without recognizing a mixed minyan.
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Summary: Interesting but . . .
Review: This is an interesting book for those interested in adding a remembrance of the role of the woman to their Pesach seder. However, it very much revels the "anti-men" sentiment of many feminists in that complaints are made about the "all male" celebration of the seder (which was never my experience) while admitions are made that some of the seders organized by women are "all women" and even little boys are not permitted to attend -- reference "Sanctified by Ritual" by Phyllis Chesler (pages 213 to 220) and "Pluralism in Feminist Settings" by Martha Achelsberg (pages 229 to 234). How can women complain about "male only" anything when they exclude men because "some women are uncomfortable praying with men"? Is it not possible that some men are uncomfortable praying with women? Is it possible that some women think that men do not suffer from discomfort in the presence of women? As a woman, I believe that having some degree of separateness between the genders is a good thing -- but it must be a two-way street. Women must allow men their separate times as well as setting aside some rituals for themselves. Women are different from men. Women do not experience life in the same way as men. Women have a different approach to the religious experience and that difference should be recognized -- and celebrated. Perhaps the mechitzah is not such a bad thing -- and perhaps the Orthodox should recognize 10 women as consisting as a minyan separate from a male minyan of 10 men without recognizing a mixed minyan.
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Summary: Interesting but . . .
Review: This is an interesting book for those interested in adding a remembrance of the role of the woman to their Pesach seder. However, it very much revels the "anti-men" sentiment of many feminists in that complaints are made about the "all male" celebration of the seder (which was never my experience) while admitions are made that some of the seders organized by women are "all women" and even little boys are not permitted to attend -- reference "Sanctified by Ritual" by Phyllis Chesler (pages 213 to 220) and "Pluralism in Feminist Settings" by Martha Achelsberg (pages 229 to 234). How can women complain about "male only" anything when they exclude men because "some women are uncomfortable praying with men"? Is it not possible that some men are uncomfortable praying with women? Is it possible that some women think that men do not suffer from discomfort in the presence of women? As a woman, I believe that having some degree of separateness between the genders is a good thing -- but it must be a two-way street. Women must allow men their separate times as well as setting aside some rituals for themselves. Women are different from men. Women do not experience life in the same way as men. Women have a different approach to the religious experience and that difference should be recognized -- and celebrated. Perhaps the mechitzah is not such a bad thing -- and perhaps the Orthodox should recognize 10 women as consisting as a minyan separate from a male minyan of 10 men without recognizing a mixed minyan.
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Summary: GREAT BOOK!
Review: This is really great book! I loved it!
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