Margaret Wenig
Margaret Moers Wenig(born 1957) is an Americanrabbiand writer.[1][2][3][4]
Career
[edit]In 1976, she andNaomi JanowitzwroteSiddur Nashim,which was the first Jewish prayer book to refer to God using female pronouns and imagery.[4]
Wenig graduated fromBrown Universityin 1978,[5][6]and was ordained in 1984.[2]Wenig served as a rabbi at Beth Am, The People’s Temple, located in New York City, from 1984-2000.[7][8]
In 1990, she wrote the sermon “God is a Woman and She is Growing Older”, which was widely published.[9][10]
In 2015, Wenig became the first Jewish president of the Academy ofHomiletics.[11]
Wenig is currently a "Senior Lecturer in Liturgy and Homiletics" at theHebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.[7]
Personal life
[edit]Wenig marriedSharon Kleinbaumin 2008; they later divorced.[12][10][13]
References
[edit]- ^"Margaret Moers Wenig, Rabbi, D.D."Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.Retrieved2020-04-19.
- ^ab"Maggie M. Wenig, class of 1978 - Second Interview | the Pembroke Center Oral History Project".
- ^"The Religious Awakening: How Female Jewish Leaders Came to their Faith." New York Jewish Woman, June 2013, pp. 6-13.
- ^abShannon Weber (4 June 2019).Feminism in Minutes.Quercus. pp. 286–.ISBN978-1-63506-142-0.
- ^"Interview with Margaret Moers Wenig, class of 1978"(PDF).Pembroke Oral Histories.Brown University.2014.Retrieved2020-04-19.
- ^"Margaret Wenig Wed To Dr. R. J. Rubenstein".The New York Times.1978-06-19.Retrieved2020-04-19.
- ^ab"Margaret Moers Wenig".Archived fromthe originalon 2023-09-26.
- ^"About Us".Beth Am, The People's Temple.
- ^Lauren F. Winner (1 August 2015).Mudhouse Sabbath: An Invitation to a Life of Spiritual Discipline - Study Edition.Paraclete Press. pp. 124–.ISBN978-1-61261-742-8.
- ^abBlumenthal, Ralph (2009-09-01)."A Rabbi Whose God Is a Loving and Long-Suffering Mother".The New York Times.
- ^Woog, Dan (2016-01-16)."Woog's World: Finding a voice in Westport, woman rabbi's sermons soar".Westport-news.com.Retrieved2020-05-13.
- ^"Sharon Kleinbaum's Personal and Political Battles - Tablet Magazine".Tabletmag.com. 3 May 2013.Retrieved2020-05-10.
- ^Green, Jesse (2013-02-22)."The Peculiar Mechanics of Gay Divorce".New York.Retrieved2020-04-19.
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- American lesbians
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