A spiritual life
Subtitle: a Jewish feminist journey
By: Merle Feld.
Series: SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Feld, Merle, 1947-; Jewish women -- United States -- Biography; Jewish women -- Religious life -- United States; Feminism -- Religious aspects -- Judaism; Feminists -- United States -- Biography; Spiritual life -- Judaism; Jewish religious poetry, American
Description: A unique memoir that interweaves poetry, narrative, meditation, and social history, A Spiritual Life explores the complex facets of a Jewish woman's spiritual coming-of-age, capturing the emotional and spiritual reality of contemporary Jews as well as religious seekers of all types.

From the experiences of early childhood, to the spiritual awakening of a secular adolescent encountering Jewish tradition, to the alternately funny and searing tales of newfound independence, early married life, young motherhood, and midlife, Feld comments with honesty and clarity on the many stages of spiritual and artistic exploration and growth.

Overarching all these accounts is the picture of how the cycle of the Jewish calendar year comes to provide an ever-renewing source of sustenance for the author's deepening spiritual expression.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-264) and index.