Today I Am a Woman: Stories of Bat Mitzvah Around the World

by Barbara Vinick

Recollections of the first bat mitzvah at the only synagogue in Indonesia, a poignant bat mitzvah memory of World War II Italy, and an American bat mitzvah shared with girls in a Ukrainian orphanage--these are a few of the resonant testimonies about the transition from Jewish girl to Jewish woman collected in Today I Am a Woman. Introduced by brief biographical notes and descriptions of Jewish communities around the world, these stories...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253356938
• ISBN13: 9780253356932
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher