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I wanted to share this piece with all the various
religious/spiritual/queer lists to which I subscribe.<br>
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This is incredibly moving memoir of a transgender woman's personal
spiritual journey as represented by two visits to Jerusalem and the
Kotel (Western Wall). First as a man with his wife and children and
then as a woman on her own. I feel blessed to know the author who is a
member of the Jewish Community of Amherst, David's (my partner's)
synagogue.<br>
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I also know that Joy, the author, would be happy to come to Hampshire
to talk about her experience. Just contact me if you'd like me to put
you in touch with her.<br>
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Shalom/Salaam/Peace,<br>
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spn<br>
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Nathan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Rabbi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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College<span style="">
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of
Spiritual Life – Box SA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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MA
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559-5663<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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more deeply immersed I became in the thinking of the
prophets, the more powerfully it became clear to me what the lives of
the
prophets sought to convey: that morally speaking there is no limit to
the
concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings. <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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committed in the name of a free society, some are guilty, all are
responsible."<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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