TY  - BOOK
AU  - Myers,Andrea
TI  - The Choosing: A Rabbi's Journey from Silent Nights to High Holy Days 
SN  - 9780813549576
AV  - BM755 .M94 .A3 2011 
U1  - 296.61086643296.714092273 
PY  - 2011///]
CY  - New Brunswick, NJ : 
PB  - Rutgers University Press, 
KW  - Jewish converts from Christianity
KW  - Biography
KW  - United States
KW  - Lesbian rabbis
KW  - RELIGION / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - A young Lutheran girl grows up on Long Island, New York. She aspires to be a doctor, and is on the fast track to marriage and the conventional happily-ever-after. But, as the Yiddish saying goes, "Man plans, and God laughs." Meet Andrea Myers, whose coming-of-age at Brandeis, conversion to Judaism, and awakening sexual identity make for a rich and well-timed life in the rabbinate. In The Choosing, Myers fuses heartwarming anecdotes with rabbinic insights and generous dollops of humor to describe what it means to survive and flourish on your own terms. Portioned around the cycle of the Jewish year, with stories connected to each of the holidays, Myers draws on her unique path to the rabbinate--leaving behind her Christian upbringing, coming out as a lesbian, discovering Judaism in college, moving to Israel, converting, and returning to New York to become a rabbi, partner, and parent. Myers relates tales of new beginnings, of reinventing oneself, and finding oneself. Whether it's a Sicilian grandmother attempting to bake hamantaschen on Purim for her Jewish granddaughter, or an American in Jerusalem saving a chicken from slaughter during a Rosh Hashanah ritual, Myers keeps readers entertained as she reflects that spirituality, goodness, and morality can and do take many forms. Readers will enthusiastically embrace stories of doors closing and windows opening, of family and community, of integration and transformation. These captivating narratives will resonate and, in the author's words, "reach across coasts, continents, and generations."
UR  - https://doi.org/10.36019/9780813550954
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813550954
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780813550954/original
ER  -