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Amsellem, Wendy
"A Mighty Spirit: Praying Like Hannah," Amsellem, Wendy. JOFA Journal, V, 3, 2005, 5.
Synopsis: In an attempt to reconcile Hannah’s prayer for a child with her immediate willingness to give that child up, Amsellem takes a closer look at the motivation behind Hannah’s prayer. This analysis provides a deeper understanding of why Hannah is held up as the model of how one should pray.
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Brown, Erica
"I Have Poured Out My Soul Before the Lord: Women and Personal Prayer," Brown, Erica. Amit, LXX:1, 1998, 27-29.
Synopsis: Through objective and subjective lenses, Erica Brown offers a discussion of the necessity for women to engage in prayer.
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Fishman, Sylvia Barak
"To Pray as a Jewish Woman: A Personal Perspective," Fishman, Sylvia Barak. JOFA Journal, V, 3, 2005, 8-9.
Synopsis: Sylvia Barack Fishman discusses the many meaningful and powerful ways that women have found to personalize their prayers throughout history.
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Greenberg, Blu
"Women as Messenger of the Congregation: Musings of an Orthodox Jewish Feminist," Greenberg, Blu. Journal of Synagogue Music, July 1987.
Synopsis: Greenberg debates the issue of the emerging changes in the Orthodox woman's public role in synagogue life. She carefully weighs the need for increased liturgical involvement and self expression with the values of committment to tradition and community.
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Jennifer Stern Breger
"Ohel Sarah: Women’s Siddur: A Review," Jennifer Stern Breger. JOFA Journal, VI, 1, 2006, 22-23.
Synopsis: This review of Artscroll's Ohel Sarah: Women’s Siddur expresses concern about the biased and minimalist nature of the siddur.
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Musleah, Rahel
"Finding the Words," Musleah, Rahel. Jewish Woman Magazine, Fall, 2006.
Synopsis: The author discusses the meaning of prayer, especially for women, in the context of a review of Devra Kay’s Seyder Tkhines, which is listed under “Books” in this section.
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Salmon-Mack, Tami
"Seyder Tkhines: The Forgotten Book of Common Prayer," Salmon-Mack, Tami. Nashim, 12, Fall, 2006, 289-294.
Synopsis: The author provides a review and discussion of Seyder Tkhines by Devra Kay, which is listed under the “Books” in this section.
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"Visions and Voices".
Synopsis: The goal of Visions and Voices is to reach, inform and inspire women of all ages. Visions and Voices is a multi-media website about women and prayer, with audio files of women's voices in prayer for different events and from different communities.
www.visionsvoices.org/
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Fodiman Silverman, Ilana
"Initiating Conversation: Modeling Prayer for our Children," Fodiman Silverman, Ilana. JOFA 6th International Conference.
Synopsis: When teaching tefillah to children, how do we move beyond rote skill development? Can we encourage a child's own individual exploration of God and spirituality? How do we as parents, families and community leaders model our own concepts of and struggles with tefillah for our children? This session will examine current models of tefillah in synagogues, schools and homes, provide theoretical frameworks for teaching tefillah more effectively, and explore practical ideas to bring the prayer experiences of our youth to new heights.
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Holzer, Rabbi Dr. Elie
"Avoda Shebalev: Developing Meaningful Prayer," Holzer, Rabbi Dr. Elie. JOFA 6th International Conference.
Synopsis: What would it take to develop meaningful prayer experiences? What might a community infused with meaningful prayer look like? This session will address the important and inspiring contribution of feminism on both the conceptual and practical aspects of these questions. Drawing on (but not limited to) the case of Shira Hadasha, this session will explore topics like the importance of unmediated avodah shebalev; the translation of ethical aspects of prayer into synagogue infrastructures; the role of shelikhe tzibbur and the role of singing.
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Rosenblatt, Tali and Renee Septimus
"Expressing Jewish Women's Spirituality through T'khines," Rosenblatt, Tali and Renee Septimus. JOFA 3rd International Conference, 2000. 2000.
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Sperber, Rabbi Daniel
"Our Dialogue with God: Tradition and Innovation," Sperber, Rabbi Daniel. JOFA 6th International Conference.
Synopsis: Tefillah is critical to our community's spiritual well-being. Explore the process of liturgical development, particularly as it relates to women and feminist concerns. How do new prayers get written and accepted into our liturgy? How is the process of editing traditional liturgy different or similar to other halakhic evolutions? How can new prayers be halakhically developed today?
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Weiss, Rabbi Avi
"Women Finding God in Prayer and Torah," Weiss, Rabbi Avi. JOFA 3rd International Conference, 2000. 2000.
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Falk, Marcia
The Book of Blessings: A New Prayer Book for Weekdays, the Sabbath and the New Moon Festival. Falk, Marcia. Harper, 1996.
Synopsis: Through the act of blessing, we awaken our appreciation of the world's abiding gifts. In The Book of Blessings, Marcia Falk re-creates Jewish prayer by offering new blessings, poems and meditations that focus on the sacred potential of each moment.
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Grossman, Susan and Haut, Rivka, eds.
Daughters of the King: Women and the Synagogue. Grossman, Susan and Haut, Rivka, eds.. JPS, 1992.
Synopsis: Daughters of the King explains women's involvement in and around the synagogue from its antecedents in the biblical period to contemporary times. Susan Grossman and Rivka Haut have added their experiences and studies to those of other scholars and religious thinkers to demonstrate the historical diversity of women's roles in Judaism, to record first-person accounts of the innovative practices now being introduced for and by women throughout the Jewish community, and to ponder these new realities in order to glimpse the religious life of Jewish women in the future.
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Guren Klirs, Tracy Ed
The Merit of Our Mothers: A Bilingual Anthology of Jewish Women's Prayers. Guren Klirs, Tracy Ed. Hebrew Union College Press, 1992.
Synopsis: The tkhines, prayers and devotions for Jewish women, originated in the world of premodern Ashkenazic Jewry and represent one of the richest and least-known forms of Jewish religious literature. This volume is not meant to be a contribution to the scholarly literature. The intention has rather been to make a significant sample of this rich literature available to men and women, especially but not exclusively Jews, who may find in it not only an important historical example of Jewish women's spirituality, but also a vehicle for their own devotions.
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Kay, Devra
Seyder Tkhines: The Forgotten Book of Common Prayer for Jewish Women. Kay, Devra. Jewish Publication Society, 2004.
Synopsis: Seyder Tkhines is a standard Yiddish prayer book for women, first published in 1648 in Amsterdam. It continued to be published for three generations, usually alongside the Hebrew text of a synagogue prayer book. Devra Kay translated the Seyder Tknines along with other prayers and religious songs of the time. She also presents a unique seventeenth century Yiddish manuscript of a collection of prayers written for a particular rich, pregnant woman. The author also provides commentary to accompany the translation.
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Meiselman, Moshe
Jewish Women in Jewish Law. Meiselman, Moshe. , 1978.
Synopsis: R. Moshe Meiselman addresses the attitude of Jewish law to women and how the Jewish tradition views the contemporary challenge of feminism. He discusses in detail such issues as creative ritual, women in a minyan, aliyot for women, talit and tefillin.
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Riskin, Shlomo
Around the Family Table: A Comprehensive Bencher and Companion for Shabbat and Festival Meals and other Family Occasions. Riskin, Shlomo. , 2005.
Synopsis: Around the Family Table is a comprehensive "bencher" and companion for Shabbat and festival meals and other family occasions with insights and commentary
by Rabbi Shlomo Riskin. This book of prayer and celebration is intended to serve as a guide for meaningful expressions of the Jewish experience at home.
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Spiegell, Marcia C. and Deborah Lipton Kremsforf
Women Speak to God: The Prayers and Poems of Jewish Women. Spiegell, Marcia C. and Deborah Lipton Kremsforf. California: Women's Institute for Continuing Jewish Education, 1986.
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Tarnor, Norman
A Book of Jewish Women's Prayers: Translations from the Yiddish. Tarnor, Norman. Jason Aronson, 1995.
Synopsis: From the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, there developed in Europe an extensive Jewish literature consisting of storybooks, ethical treatises, songs, dictionaries, translations of the daily and holiday prayer book, and what came to be known as techinnot - manuals of private devotion. In this extensive volume, Dr. Tarnor has compiled and translated selections of techinnot originally published in Vilna.
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Weissler, Chava
Voices of the Matriarchs: Listening to the Prayers of Early Modern Jewish Women. Weissler, Chava. Beacon Press, 1998.
Synopsis: This is the first comprehensive study of the religious lives of central and eastern European Jewish women. Chava Weissler explores the vernacular women's devotional prayers called tkhines, opening a window into early modern Ashkenazic (European) women's lives, beliefs, devotion, and relationships with God.
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Zakutinsky, Rivka
Techinas - A Voice from the Heart. Zakutinsky, Rivka. Aura Printing, Inc., July 1999.
Synopsis: Techinas are women's prayers - the voice which women have used to approach God and to serve Him. This edition of techinas is created for the modern woman, with the hope that she will feel a deep connection to the generations of women who have preceded her.
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