Chava Weissler
Biographic Data
| ID | 698451 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chava Weissler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chava |
| FAMILY NAME | Weissler |
| SIGNATURE | WEISSLER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lehigh University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Artisspirituality
This essay explores the art world of ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal—in order to better understand the role of particular material practices in creating a distinctive religious experience and community. One attractive characteristic of Jewish Renewal is its invitation to play artistically with Jewish canonical texts, practices, and traditions. While some might argue that play leads necessarily to a limited and fragmentary Judaism, and that mor…
Women of Vision’ in the Jewish Renewal Movement
Since the 1960s, ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal has envisioned a Judaism that affirms the spiritual power and creativity of women. The challenges raised by this commitment—how to formulate and foster women's gifts within Judaism—are exemplified in the Eshet Hazon [Woman of Vision] ritual, first celebrated in 1982. Incorporating Jewish texts and symbols, this ritual transformed their meaning to express a vision of women inspired by Shekhinah, …
Meanings of Shekhinah in the “Jewish Renewal” Movement
"Jewish Renewal is Hasidism meets feminism." Rabbi David Wolfe-Blank "Renewal is a well-spring of women's energy." Nan Fink Geffen "God is coming through the women this time." Barbara Breitman Encountering a feminist conception of God can transform a life. In Los Angeles during the 1980s, Joy Krauthammer encountered feminism through the Los Angeles Jewish Feminist Center, with such Jewish Renewal teachers as Savina Teubal and Sue Elwell, and late…
Voices of the Matriarchs
‘For the Human Soul is the Lamp of the Lord’
Making Judaism Meaningful
The Religion of Traditional Ashkenazic Women
What does it mean to study women's religion? How are we to define our subject matter? How are we to understand the relationship of the history of women's religious life and practice to the history of particular religious traditions? I shall explore these questions within the context of a very specific topic: the religious life of Ashkenazic (Central and Eastern European) Jewish women in the late seventeenth, eighteenth, and early nineteenth centu…
Chicken Soup
Women of Vision’ in the Jewish Renewal Movement
Since the 1960s, ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal has envisioned a Judaism that affirms the spiritual power and creativity of women. The challenges raised by this commitment—how to formulate and foster women's gifts within Judaism—are exemplified in the Eshet Hazon [Woman of Vision] ritual, first celebrated in 1982. Incorporating Jewish texts and symbols, this ritual transformed their meaning to express a vision of women inspired by Shekhinah, …
Artisspirituality
This essay explores the art world of ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal—in order to better understand the role of particular material practices in creating a distinctive religious experience and community. One attractive characteristic of Jewish Renewal is its invitation to play artistically with Jewish canonical texts, practices, and traditions. While some might argue that play leads necessarily to a limited and fragmentary Judaism, and that mor…
The Religion of Traditional Ashkenazic Women
What does it mean to study women's religion? How are we to define our subject matter? How are we to understand the relationship of the history of women's religious life and practice to the history of particular religious traditions? I shall explore these questions within the context of a very specific topic: the religious life of Ashkenazic (Central and Eastern European) Jewish women in the late seventeenth, eighteenth, and early nineteenth centu…
Chicken Soup
The Religion of Traditional Ashkenazic Women
What does it mean to study women's religion? How are we to define our subject matter? How are we to understand the relationship of the history of women's religious life and practice to the history of particular religious traditions? I shall explore these questions within the context of a very specific topic: the religious life of Ashkenazic (Central and Eastern European) Jewish women in the late seventeenth, eighteenth, and early nineteenth centu…
Making Judaism Meaningful
‘For the Human Soul is the Lamp of the Lord’
Voices of the Matriarchs
Meanings of Shekhinah in the “Jewish Renewal” Movement
"Jewish Renewal is Hasidism meets feminism." Rabbi David Wolfe-Blank "Renewal is a well-spring of women's energy." Nan Fink Geffen "God is coming through the women this time." Barbara Breitman Encountering a feminist conception of God can transform a life. In Los Angeles during the 1980s, Joy Krauthammer encountered feminism through the Los Angeles Jewish Feminist Center, with such Jewish Renewal teachers as Savina Teubal and Sue Elwell, and late…
Women of Vision’ in the Jewish Renewal Movement
Since the 1960s, ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal has envisioned a Judaism that affirms the spiritual power and creativity of women. The challenges raised by this commitment—how to formulate and foster women's gifts within Judaism—are exemplified in the Eshet Hazon [Woman of Vision] ritual, first celebrated in 1982. Incorporating Jewish texts and symbols, this ritual transformed their meaning to express a vision of women inspired by Shekhinah, …
Artisspirituality
This essay explores the art world of ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal—in order to better understand the role of particular material practices in creating a distinctive religious experience and community. One attractive characteristic of Jewish Renewal is its invitation to play artistically with Jewish canonical texts, practices, and traditions. While some might argue that play leads necessarily to a limited and fragmentary Judaism, and that mor…
Art (7 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (7 works) · Judaism (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · History (5 works) · Jewish Identity and Society (5 works) · Religious studies (5 works) · Theology (5 works) · Literature (4 works)