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From: "Arielle Levites" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [ha-Safran]: Jewish Publication Society
- Lilith's Ark: Teenage Tales of Biblical Women
Now Available from JPS, Lilith's Ark: Teenage Tales of Biblical Women
The Red Tent for Teenage Girls
Not long after the world was created, Lilith, the
first woman, was expelled from the Garden of
Eden. She built an ark, a magic box, in which
future Biblical women could hide their most
prized possessions. And so, Liliths Ark became a
place for women to share their own experiences of
adolescence with future generations of girls
The women of the Bible grew up at time when
gender roles were rigidly defined and girls were
considered women at an early age. Still, the
Torah hints that young biblical women faced
challenges similar to those teenagers encounter
today: first loves, burgeoning identities,
developing bodies, and blossoming spirituality.
Building on textual sources, author Deborah Bodin
Cohen has created a collection of midrashim about
the teen years of 10 women from Genesis.
Liliths Ark melds text, biblical commentaries,
and historic details about the ancient world with
the experiences of modern girls and women and the
authors own imagination. A discussion guide by
the author enriches the reading experience.
Liliths Ark is a book that will speak across
time to the anxieties and aspirations of todays growing girls.
Rabbi Deborah Cohen was ordained in 1997 from
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of
Religion. She currently serves as the Rabbi for
Lifelong Education at Temple Emanuel in Cherry
Hill, NJ. Her first childrens book, The
Seventh Day, was recently published.
Price: $14
Binding: Paperback, 120 pages, 6x 9
ISBN: 0-8276-0833-0
Publication Date: October 2006
Ages 12 and up (some mature subject matter)
For more information contact Arielle Levites
(800)-234-3151 ext. 5601 or email:
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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