TY - BOOK AU - Myers,Andrea TI - The Choosing: a Rabbi's Journey from Silent Nights to High Holy Days SN - 9780813550954 (electronic bk.) AV - BM755 .M94 .A3 2011 U1 - 296.61086643296.714092273 PY - 2011/// CY - New Brunswick, NJ PB - Rutgers University Press KW - Myers, Andrea, KW - Jewish converts from Christianity KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Lesbian rabbis KW - Myers, Andrea, 1971- KW - Religion KW - RELIGION / Judaism / Rituals & Practice KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books N2 - In The Choosing, Andrea Myers fuses heartwarming anecdotes with rabbinic insights and humor to describe what it means to survive and flourish on your own terms. Portioned around the cycle of the Jewish year, with stories connected to each of the holidays, Myers draws on her unique path to the rabbinate-leaving behind her Christian upbringing, coming out as a lesbian, discovering Judaism in college, moving to Israel, converting, and returning to New York to become a rabbi, partner, and parent UR - http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=817183 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=411566 ER -