Author: SIEGEL, RACHEL J & ELLEN COLE & SUSAN STEINBERG OREN & RACHIL JOSEFOWITZ SIEGEL & SUSAN STEINBERG-OREN
Title: Jewish Mothers Tell Their Stories Acts of Love and Courage
Description: New York: Routledge, 2000. Paperback. ISBN: 078901100X. B&W Illustrations; 8.2 X 6.0 X 1.0 inches; xxiii, 307 pages; Soft cover has a purplish spine with red lettering. Pages are clean and tight. Illustrated with b/w photos of the contributors. '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 into a variety of topics, including: The 'Jewish mother'stereotype and its impact on real Jewish mothers ethnic/historical connections between mothers and daughters moving acts of love, courage, and sacrifice in response to illness, war, or conflicting ideologies motherhood as a catalyst for personal evolutions of Jewish identity and values Orthodox to secular expressions of spirituality. ' Glossary.. New .

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