A Lutheran girl from Long Island aspires to be a doctor and seems headed for a conventional marriage, but life has other plans. Andrea Myers tells of her coming of age at Brandeis, coming out as a lesbian, discovering Judaism, moving to Israel, converting, and returning to New York to become a rabbi, partner and parent. Arranged around the cycle of the Jewish year, with stories tied to each holiday, the memoir mixes humor and rabbinic insight, from a Sicilian grandmother baking hamantaschen for Purim to an American in Jerusalem saving a chicken from a Rosh Hashanah ritual.
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| Title: The Choosing |
| Author: Andrea Myers |
| ISBN: 9780810000000 |
| Subtitle: A Rabbi’s Journey from Silent Nights to High Holy Days |
| Genre: Coming Out; Jewish Interests; Memoir; Religion & Spirituality |
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| Publication Date: 40617 |
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| Publisher: Rutgers University Press |
| Language: English |
| Format: Paperback |
| Pages: 185 |
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| Book_ID: 119006 |