Margaret Wenig

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Margaret Moers Wenig (born 1957) is an American rabbi and writer. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Career

In 1976, she co-wrote with Naomi Janowitz Siddur Nashim , the first Jewish prayer book to refer to God using female pronouns and imagery. [4]

Wenig graduated from Brown University in 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 to 2000. [7] [8]

In 1990, she wrote the widely published sermon "God is a Woman and She is Growing Older." [9] [10]

In 2015, Wenig became the first Jewish president of the Academy of Homiletics. [11]

Wenig is[ when? ] a senior lecturer in liturgy and homiletics at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. [7]

Personal life

Wenig married Sharon Kleinbaum in 2008; they later divorced. [12] [10] [13]

References

  1. ↑ "Margaret Moers Wenig, Rabbi, D.D." Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion . Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  2. 1 2 "Maggie M. Wenig, class of 1978 - Second Interview | the Pembroke Center Oral History Project".
  3. ↑ "The Religious Awakening: How Female Jewish Leaders Came to their Faith." New York Jewish Woman, June 2013, pp. 6-13.
  4. 1 2 Shannon Weber (4 June 2019). Feminism in Minutes. Quercus. pp. 286–. ISBN   978-1-63506-142-0.
  5. ↑ "Interview with Margaret Moers Wenig, class of 1978" (PDF). Pembroke Oral Histories. Brown University. 2014. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  6. ↑ "Margaret Wenig Wed To Dr. R. J. Rubenstein". The New York Times . 1978-06-19. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  7. 1 2 "Margaret Moers Wenig". Archived from the original on 2023-09-26.
  8. ↑ "About Us". Beth Am, The People's Temple.
  9. ↑ Lauren F. Winner (1 August 2015). Mudhouse Sabbath: An Invitation to a Life of Spiritual Discipline - Study Edition. Paraclete Press. pp. 124–. ISBN   978-1-61261-742-8.
  10. 1 2 Blumenthal, Ralph (2009-09-01). "A Rabbi Whose God Is a Loving and Long-Suffering Mother". The New York Times .
  11. ↑ Woog, Dan (2016-01-16). "Woog's World: Finding a voice in Westport, woman rabbi's sermons soar". Westport-news.com. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  12. ↑ "Sharon Kleinbaum's Personal and Political Battles - Tablet Magazine". Tabletmag.com. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
  13. ↑ Green, Jesse (2013-02-22). "The Peculiar Mechanics of Gay Divorce". New York . Retrieved 2020-04-19.
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