Margaret Wenig
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Margaret Moers Wenig (born 1957) is an American
In 1976, she and Naomi Janowitz published Siddur Nashim, which was the first Jewish prayer book to refer to God using female pronouns and imagery.[4]
She graduated from Brown University in 1978,[5][6] and was ordained in 1984.[7]
In 1990, she wrote the sermon “God is a Woman and She is Growing Older”, which has been widely published.[8][9]
In 1995, Wenig, Sharon Kleinbaum, and Russell Pearce sent a resolution asking for support for civil marriage for gay couples to the Reform movement's Commission on Social Action; when it was approved by them, Wenig submitted it to the Central Conference of American Rabbis, which approved it in 1996.
Wenig married Sharon Kleinbaum in 2008; they later divorced.[10][9][11]
In 2015, Wenig became the first Jewish president of the Academy of Homiletics.[12]
Wenig now teaches liturgy and
References
- ^ Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
- ^ "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.
- ISBN 978-1-63506-142-0.
- ^ "Interview with Margaret Moers Wenig, class of 1978" (PDF). Pembroke Oral Histories. Brown University. 2014. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
- ^ "Margaret Wenig Wed To Dr. R. J. Rubenstein". The New York Times. 1978-06-19. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
- ^ "Maggie M. Wenig, class of 1978 - Second Interview | the Pembroke Center Oral History Project".
- ISBN 978-1-61261-742-8.
- ^ a b Blumenthal, Ralph (2009-09-01). "A Rabbi Whose God Is a Loving and Long-Suffering Mother". The New York Times.
- ^ "Sharon Kleinbaum's Personal and Political Battles - Tablet Magazine". Tabletmag.com. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
- ^ Green, Jesse (2013-02-22). "The Peculiar Mechanics of Gay Divorce". New York. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
- ^ 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.