{"title":"Elyse Goldstein","description":"\u003cp\u003eELYSE GOLDSTEIN is a Reform rabbi, scholar, and feminist author who founded Kolel: The Adult Centre for Liberal Jewish Learning in 1991 and served as its director for 20 years. Her books include \u003cem\u003eNew Jewish Feminism: Probing the Past, Forging the Future\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Women’s Haftarah Commentary\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Women’s Torah Commentary\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGoldstein received the Covenant Award for Outstanding Jewish Educators in 2005. Her book \u003cem\u003eReVisions: Seeing Torah through a Feminist Lens\u003c\/em\u003e won the Canadian National Jewish Book Award in the field of Bible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGoldstein is the founding Rabbi and Rabbi Emerita, as of June 2024, of City Shul, downtown Toronto’s Reform congregation. She was ordained by Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion in New York in 1983.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElyse lives in Toronto, Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElyse Goldstein’s books are published by Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"revisions","title":"ReVisions: Seeing Torah through a Feminist Lens","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat does it mean to \u003cem\u003ere-vision\u003c\/em\u003e Torah?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I use the title \u003cem\u003eReVisions\u003c\/em\u003e for this book because I want readers both to revise—in the classic definition of reexamine and alter—and to see the text anew, to have a new vision, a 'revision,' of Torah.... It begins with the notion that women see the text differently than men do, ask different questions and bring different answers.... This book is not about rewriting the Torah. It is about rereading it.\"\u003cbr\u003e—from the Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabbi Elyse Goldstein—woman, rabbi, scholar, and feminist—challenges and defends, rereads and reinterprets the ancient text, revealing to modern readers a way to see Judaism anew, for a new vision—a \"revision\"—of the Torah. Goldstein boldly brings the Torah into a contemporary context at the same time she honestly reconciles its past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1580231179\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781580231176\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Elyse Goldstein","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43231092637912,"sku":"9781580231176","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43231092670680,"sku":"9781683362685","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781580230476_FC_mockup_v2_1738745850_2a5f3545-6e09-4f22-b462-a1631a6edae1.jpg?v=1791010793"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-elyse-goldstein.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}