2003 Kallah
Reading List

Getting ready for the 2003 KOACH Kallah?

Don't just pack your bags...pack your mind!

Rabbi Debra Orenstein recommends the following reading for those of you with a few spare moments (OK, stop laughing) or a long trip to Maryland for the Kallah. The reading isn't required, but it's a great prep for the learning we'll do together, if you have the time.

Enjoy!

"This is My Beloved, This is My Friend: A Rabbinic Letter on Intimate Relations" by Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff published by the Rabbinical Assembly.

Queer Jews edited by David Shneer and Caryn Aviv, published by Routelege.

The Sexuality Chapter, pages 188-206 in Lifecycles 2: Jewish Women on Biblical Themes in Contemporary Life edited by Debra Orenstein and Jane Litman and published by Jewish Lights Publishing.

"Transgender Jews" in Lilith, Spring 2002.

It's A Mitzvah!: Step-by-Step to Jewish Living by Bradley Shavit-Artson, published by the Rabbinical Assembly.

The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel.

"How to Create a Ritual" the afterward of Lifecycles 1: Jewish Women on Life Passages and Personal Milestones pages 359-376, edited by Debra Orenstein, and published by Jewish Lights Publishing.

Lifecycles 2: Jewish Women on Biblical Themes in Contemporary Life, edited by Debra Orenstein and Jane Litman, published by Jewish Lights Publishing, especially pages xi-xxix and the introductions to each of the five books of Torah.

The Enchantments of Judaism by Jacob Neusner, published by Basic Books.

Talking to God by Naomi Levy, Knopf.