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Margaret Wenig (born 1957) is an American rabbi known for advocating LGBT rights within Reform Judaism.
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.[1]
In 1978 she graduated from Brown University.[2][3]
In 1990 she wrote the sermon “God is a Woman and She is Growing Older”, which has been widely published.[4][5]
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 2008 Wenig married Sharon Kleinbaum; they later divorced.[6][5][7]
In 2015 Wenig became the first Jewish president of the Academy of Homiletics.[8]
Wenig now teaches liturgy and homiletics at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.[9]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
- ^ Green, Jesse (2013-02-22). "The Peculiar Mechanics of Gay Divorce". New York Magazine. 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.
- ^ "Margaret Moers Wenig, Rabbi, D.D." Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Retrieved 2020-04-19.