ISBN:
9780789010995
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (449 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Jewish Mothers Tell Their Stories : Acts of Love and Courage
DDC:
306.874/3/089924
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Winner of the Women in Psychology Jewish Caucus Award for 2000!Jewish Mothers Tell Their Stories: Acts of Love and Courage contains touching and personal essays written by contemporary Jewish mothers from different parts of the globe. Their stories reveal the choices that Jewish mothers make in our post-Holocaust, non-Jewish world--the many ways of being Jewish, the acts of loving, of preserving and celebrating Jewish traditions and spirituality, and of transmitting them to their children and families. The firsthand stories in this compelling book raises questions and provides you with insight
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; About the Editors; Contributors; Introduction; The Beginning; The Stereotype: Vilified and Idealized; Beyond the Stereotypes; Issues and Themes; In Conclusion; References; Section I: Traditions; Chapter 1. From Generation to Generation; The Best Part of the Day; Begging to Differ; Chapter 2. How I Learned to Be a Jewish Mother; Chapter 3. Traditions; Letter to a Daughter; After the Ice Age; Chapter 4. My Mother Is Greek; Chapter 5. Mandelbrot, Rugelach, and a Family Quilt; Section II: Unbinding Love
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 6. Unbinding LoveReference; Chapter 7. How a Paper Clip Changed Our Lives; Epilogue; Chapter 8. On Mourning for Soldier-Sons in Israel; Past Representations of Mourning Mothers; A New Trend of Coping and Protest; References; Chapter 9. On My Son's Induction into the Israeli Armed Forces: A Feminist Mother's Prayer; Notes; Chapter 10. Jewish Mother and Son: The Feminist Version; References; Chapter 11. If I Can't Tear the Toilet Paper, Why Can I Flush the Toilet?; Section III: Jewish Values; Chapter 12. On the Other Hand; Chapter 13. Old Clothes and Food from Afar; References
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 14. My Journey Toward Jewish IdentificationUnexamined Identification; Identification Based on Fear of Anti-Semitism; Separatist Identification; Toward a Positive Identification as a Jewish Mother; Identification as a Jewish Family; Reference; Chapter 15. Am I a Jewish Mother?; Chapter 16. Conversion: The Mother of Invention; Chapter 17. A Wandering Mother; Section IV: Jewish Identity-Discovered and Rediscovered; Chapter 18. Jewish Mother "from Scratch"; Chapter 19. How Modern-Day Austria Made Me a Modern Jewish Mother; Postscript; References; Chapter 20. Learning to Speak German
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 21. Washing Down the ChalkChapter 22. While My Sixteen-Year-Old Daughter Visits Auschwitz; Chapter 23. A Long, Circular Journey; Section V: Spirituality and Religion; Chapter 24. A Life in Code; Notes; References; Chapter 25. You Will Teach Your Children Diligently; Chapter 26. Beresheet, in the Beginning; Chapter 27. On Carving a Life; Chapter 28. Integrating Feminism, Judaism, and Spirituality; A Passover Liberation; Weaving in the Spiritual and Feminist Threads; An Intergenerational Conversation; Otherness; A Spiritual Path of Attachment; References
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 29. Seeking Serenity As a Single Jewish MotherChapter 30. Oranges and Cinnamon; Section VI: The Real World; Chapter 31. Dealing with the Real World: Our Children, Ourselves; References; Chapter 32. No More Family Secrets; Chapter 33. If I'd Known How to Be a Jewish Mother, I Would Have Been One; Chapter 34. Chopped Liver and Sour Grapes: Jewish but Not a Mother; References; Chapter 35. My Two Lives; References; Glossary
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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