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Tamara Cohen

How Does the Journey to Freedom Continue?

By Tamara Cohen | Reading

A reading for the conclusion of the Passover seder about the ongoing journey toward liberation [more]

Found In: Parts of the Seder

Tags: nirtzah, Tamara Cohen

Dayeinu: If We Speak Truthfully

By Tamara Cohen | Prayer

A modern dayeinu from the Ma'yan [more]

Found In: Parts of the Seder, Theme Seders

Tags: dayeinu, Tamara Cohen

The Four Daughters

By Tamara Cohen, Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell, and Ronnie Horn | Reading

A reading placing the traditional four children in the context of four daughters and their attitude toward a women's seder [more]

Found In: Parts of the Seder, Theme Seders

Tags: four children, Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell, Tamara Cohen

A Woman of Valor

By Tamara Cohen | Poem

A poem capturing the ambivalence around this traditional song, sung by a husband to his wife at the Shabbat table. [more]

Found In: Friday Evening

Tags: at the shabbat table, eshet hayil, Tamara Cohen

How Does the Journey to Freedom Begin?

By Tamara Cohen | Reading

A reading to begin the Passover seder about the journey toward freedom [more]

Found In: Parts of the Seder

Tags: maggid, Tamara Cohen

Taking Back Purim

By Tamara Cohen | Article

This essay explores the Purim story from a feminist perspective, and discusses Ma'yan's new ritual of waving Esther/Vashti flags during the Megillah reading whenever the heroines' names are mentioned. [more]

Found In: Megillah Reading

Tags: Tamara Cohen

T'filla

By Tamara Cohen | Article

The masculine hierarchical God-language so prevalent in High Holiday liturgy can be painful and distancing. This article offers suggestions to restore the empowering potential of the High Holidays for those who have felt diminished, uninterested, and/or angered by traditional High Holiday prayer. [more]

Found In: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur

Tags: Tamara Cohen

Rosh Hashana Symbols Revealed

By Tamara Cohen | Article

Feminine aspects of some foods and rituals associated with Rosh Hashanah [more]

Found In: Rosh Hashanah

Tags: Tamara Cohen

Renewing Ourselves and Our Visions in the Month of Elul

By Tamara Cohen | Article

Traditions for the month of Elul and suggestions on how to use this period for personal and communal transformation [more]

Found In: Month of Elul

Tags: shofar, Tamara Cohen, teshuvah

A Tu B'Av Ritual: Beyond the Jewish Valentine's Day

By Tamara Cohen and Rabbi Jill Hammer | Complete Ceremony

A Rosh Chodesh ritual that draws on Tu B'Av's traditional association with the celebration of women and love to honor communally the love and losses that shape so much of our experiences of any given year [more]

Found In: Jewish Day of Love: Tu B'Av, Rosh Chodesh Av: July - Aug.

Tags: Rabbi Jill Hammer, Tamara Cohen