Lilly Rivlin
Producer/director/writer
29 minutes, 1986
"A
classic! A stimulating
presentation
of
the way in
which feminists are adapting
traditional
Jewish ritual and
transforming it to
reflect their
own spiritual needs. "
(Prof. Alice Shalvi,
Founding
Chair,
Israel Women's Network)
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Miriam's Daughters Now
shows a group of Jewish feminists [includes
Letty Cottin Pogrebin,
Bella
Abzug, Esther Broner,
Phyllis Chesler,
etc.] creating new rituals:
Feminist Seder, Tashlich,
Bat (Girl) Naming
Ceremony.
These women pioneered the creating of new
rituals and demonstrate
how traditions can be updated to make women full participants.
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