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⚫ | '''Margaret Wenig''' (born 1957) is an American [[rabbi]] known for advocating [[LGBT rights]] within [[Reform Judaism]].<ref name=Wenig>{{cite web|url=http://huc.edu/directory/margaret-moers-wenig |title=Margaret Moers Wenig, Rabbi, D.D. |website=[[Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion]] |accessdate=2020-04-19}}</ref><ref>https://www.brown.edu/initiatives/pembroke-oral-histories/interview/maggie-m-wenig-class-1978-second-interview</ref> |
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⚫ | '''Margaret Moers Wenig''' (born 1957) is an American [[rabbi]] known for advocating [[LGBT rights]] within [[Reform Judaism]].<ref name=Wenig>{{cite web|url=http://huc.edu/directory/margaret-moers-wenig |title=Margaret Moers Wenig, Rabbi, D.D. |website=[[Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion]] |accessdate=2020-04-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brown.edu/initiatives/pembroke-oral-histories/interview/maggie-m-wenig-class-1978-second-interview|title = Maggie M. Wenig, class of 1978 - Second Interview | the Pembroke Center Oral History Project}}</ref> Margaret became spiritually aware at an early age. A seminal moment in her development occurred when she was in sixth grade and had a birthday party, to which she invited all her classmates except one boy, who was devastated as a result. She realized the degree to which she had hurt the boy, and this set her on a path of soul searching and religious awareness.<ref>"The Religious Awakening: How Female Jewish Leaders Came to their Faith." New York Jewish Woman, June 2013, pp. 6-13.</ref> |
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In 1976, she and Naomi Janowitz published ''[[Siddur Nashim]]'', which was the first Jewish prayer book to refer to God using female pronouns and imagery.<ref name="Weber2019">{{cite book|author=Shannon Weber|title=Feminism in Minutes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=buJ6DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA286|date=4 June 2019|publisher=Quercus|isbn=978-1-63506-142-0|pages=286–}}</ref> |
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⚫ | She graduated from [[Brown University]] in 1978,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brown.edu/initiatives/pembroke-oral-histories/sites/brown.edu.initiatives.pembroke-oral-histories/files/transcripts/pemb000585.pdf |title=Interview with Margaret Moers Wenig, class of 1978 |website=Pembroke Oral Histories |publisher=[[Brown University]] |accessdate=2020-04-19 |year=2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/06/19/archives/margaret-wenig-wed-to-dr-rj-rubenstein.html |title=Margaret Wenig Wed To Dr. R. J. Rubenstein |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=1978-06-19 |accessdate=2020-04-19}}</ref> and was ordained in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brown.edu/initiatives/pembroke-oral-histories/interview/maggie-m-wenig-class-1978-second-interview|title = Maggie M. Wenig, class of 1978 - Second Interview | the Pembroke Center Oral History Project}}</ref> |
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In 1990, she wrote the sermon “God is a Woman and She is Growing Older”, which has been widely published.<ref name="Winner2015">{{cite book|author=Lauren F. Winner|title=Mudhouse Sabbath: An Invitation to a Life of Spiritual Discipline - Study Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2s1CCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT124|date=1 August 2015|publisher=Paraclete Press|isbn=978-1-61261-742-8|pages=124–}}</ref><ref name="nytimes"/> |
In 1990, she wrote the sermon “God is a Woman and She is Growing Older”, which has been widely published.<ref name="Winner2015">{{cite book|author=Lauren F. Winner|title=Mudhouse Sabbath: An Invitation to a Life of Spiritual Discipline - Study Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2s1CCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT124|date=1 August 2015|publisher=Paraclete Press|isbn=978-1-61261-742-8|pages=124–}}</ref><ref name="nytimes"/> |
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In 1995, Wenig, [[Sharon Kleinbaum]], and Russell Pearce sent a resolution asking for support for civil marriage for gay couples to the Reform movement's Commission on Social Action; when it was approved by them, Wenig submitted it to the Central Conference of American Rabbis, which approved it in 1996. |
In 1995, Wenig, [[Sharon Kleinbaum]], and Russell Pearce sent a resolution asking for support for civil marriage for gay couples to the Reform movement's Commission on Social Action; when it was approved by them, Wenig submitted it to the Central Conference of American Rabbis, which approved it in 1996. |
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Wenig married Sharon Kleinbaum in 2008; they later divorced.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/new-york-firebrand-rabbi |title=Sharon Kleinbaum's Personal and Political Battles - Tablet Magazine |publisher=Tabletmag.com |date= |accessdate=2020-05-10}}</ref><ref name="nytimes">{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/nyregion/01experience.html?_r=3&hpw | work=[[The New York Times]] | first=Ralph | last=Blumenthal | title=A Rabbi Whose God Is a Loving and Long-Suffering Mother | date=2009-09-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/news/features/gay-divorce-2013-3/ |title=The Peculiar Mechanics of Gay Divorce |website=[[New York |
Wenig married Sharon Kleinbaum in 2008; they later divorced.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/new-york-firebrand-rabbi |title=Sharon Kleinbaum's Personal and Political Battles - Tablet Magazine |publisher=Tabletmag.com |date= 3 May 2013|accessdate=2020-05-10}}</ref><ref name="nytimes">{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/nyregion/01experience.html?_r=3&hpw | work=[[The New York Times]] | first=Ralph | last=Blumenthal | title=A Rabbi Whose God Is a Loving and Long-Suffering Mother | date=2009-09-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/news/features/gay-divorce-2013-3/ |title=The Peculiar Mechanics of Gay Divorce |website=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |last=Green |first=Jesse |date=2013-02-22 |accessdate=2020-04-19}}</ref> |
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In 2015, Wenig became the first Jewish president of the Academy of Homiletics.<ref>{{cite web|last=Woog |first=Dan |url=https://www.westport-news.com/news/amp/Woog-s-World-Finding-a-voice-in-Westport-6760942.php |title= |
In 2015, Wenig became the first Jewish president of the Academy of Homiletics.<ref>{{cite web|last=Woog |first=Dan |url=https://www.westport-news.com/news/amp/Woog-s-World-Finding-a-voice-in-Westport-6760942.php |title=Woog's World: Finding a voice in Westport, woman rabbi's sermons soar |publisher=Westport-news.com |date=2016-01-16 |accessdate=2020-05-13}}</ref> |
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Wenig now teaches liturgy and [[homiletics]] at the [[Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion]].<ref name=Wenig/> |
Wenig now teaches liturgy and [[homiletics]] at the [[Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion]].<ref name=Wenig/> |
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Latest revision as of 21:22, 27 November 2023
Margaret Moers Wenig (born 1957) is an American rabbi known for advocating LGBT rights within Reform Judaism.[1][2] Margaret became spiritually aware at an early age. A seminal moment in her development occurred when she was in sixth grade and had a birthday party, to which she invited all her classmates except one boy, who was devastated as a result. She realized the degree to which she had hurt the boy, and this set her on a path of soul searching and religious awareness.[3]
In 1976, she and Naomi Janowitz published Siddur Nashim, which was the first Jewish prayer book to refer to God using female pronouns and imagery.[4]
She graduated from Brown University in 1978,[5][6] and was ordained in 1984.[7]
In 1990, she wrote the sermon “God is a Woman and She is Growing Older”, which has been widely published.[8][9]
In 1995, Wenig, Sharon Kleinbaum, and Russell Pearce sent a resolution asking for support for civil marriage for gay couples to the Reform movement's Commission on Social Action; when it was approved by them, Wenig submitted it to the Central Conference of American Rabbis, which approved it in 1996.
Wenig married Sharon Kleinbaum in 2008; they later divorced.[10][9][11]
In 2015, Wenig became the first Jewish president of the Academy of Homiletics.[12]
Wenig now teaches liturgy and homiletics at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Margaret Moers Wenig, Rabbi, D.D." Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
- ^ "Maggie M. Wenig, class of 1978 - Second Interview | the Pembroke Center Oral History Project".
- ^ "The Religious Awakening: How Female Jewish Leaders Came to their Faith." New York Jewish Woman, June 2013, pp. 6-13.
- ^ Shannon Weber (4 June 2019). Feminism in Minutes. Quercus. pp. 286–. ISBN 978-1-63506-142-0.
- ^ "Interview with Margaret Moers Wenig, class of 1978" (PDF). Pembroke Oral Histories. Brown University. 2014. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
- ^ "Margaret Wenig Wed To Dr. R. J. Rubenstein". The New York Times. 1978-06-19. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
- ^ "Maggie M. Wenig, class of 1978 - Second Interview | the Pembroke Center Oral History Project".
- ^ Lauren F. Winner (1 August 2015). Mudhouse Sabbath: An Invitation to a Life of Spiritual Discipline - Study Edition. Paraclete Press. pp. 124–. ISBN 978-1-61261-742-8.
- ^ a b Blumenthal, Ralph (2009-09-01). "A Rabbi Whose God Is a Loving and Long-Suffering Mother". The New York Times.
- ^ "Sharon Kleinbaum's Personal and Political Battles - Tablet Magazine". Tabletmag.com. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
- ^ Green, Jesse (2013-02-22). "The Peculiar Mechanics of Gay Divorce". New York. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
- ^ Woog, Dan (2016-01-16). "Woog's World: Finding a voice in Westport, woman rabbi's sermons soar". Westport-news.com. Retrieved 2020-05-13.