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Margaret Moers Wenig (born 1957) is an American rabbi and writer.

Career

In 1976, she and Naomi Janowitz wrote Siddur Nashim, which was the first Jewish prayer book to refer to God using female pronouns and imagery.

Wenig graduated from Brown University in 1978, and was ordained in 1984. Wenig served as a rabbi at Beth Am, The People’s Temple, located in New York City, from 1984-2000.

In 1990, she wrote the sermon “God is a Woman and She is Growing Older”, which was widely published.

In 2015, Wenig became the first Jewish president of the Academy of Homiletics.

Wenig is currently a "Senior Lecturer in Liturgy and Homiletics" at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.

Personal life

Wenig married Sharon Kleinbaum in 2008; they later divorced.

References

1. "Margaret Moers Wenig, Rabbi, D.D." Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
2. ^ "Maggie M. Wenig, class of 1978 - Second Interview | the Pembroke Center Oral History Project".
3. "The Religious Awakening: How Female Jewish Leaders Came to their Faith." New York Jewish Woman, June 2013, pp. 6-13.
4. ^ Shannon Weber (4 June 2019). Feminism in Minutes. Quercus. pp. 286–. ISBN 978-1-63506-142-0.
5. "Interview with Margaret Moers Wenig, class of 1978" (PDF). Pembroke Oral Histories. Brown University. 2014. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
6. "Margaret Wenig Wed To Dr. R. J. Rubenstein". The New York Times. 1978-06-19. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
7. ^ "Margaret Moers Wenig". Archived from the original on 2023-09-26.
8. "About Us". Beth Am, The People's Temple.
9. 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.
10. ^ Blumenthal, Ralph (2009-09-01). "A Rabbi Whose God Is a Loving and Long-Suffering Mother". The New York Times.
11. 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.
12. "Sharon Kleinbaum's Personal and Political Battles - Tablet Magazine". Tabletmag.com. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
13. Green, Jesse (2013-02-22). "The Peculiar Mechanics of Gay Divorce". New York. Retrieved 2020-04-19.

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Modern figures	Ray Frank (1861–1948) Lily Montagu (1873–1963) Regina Jonas (1902–1944) Tehilla Lichtenstein (1893–1973) Paula Ackerman (1893–1989) Martha Neumark (1904–1981) Avis Clamitz (1908-1991) Helen Levinthal (1910–1989) Sally Priesand (b. 1946) Mimi Feigelson (b. 1963) First ordination by denomination Regina Jonas (Reform, 1935) Sandy Sasso (Reconstructionist, 1974) Lynn Gottlieb (Renewal, 1981) Amy Eilberg (Conservative, 1985) Tamara Kolton (Humanistic, 1999) Sara Hurwitz (Orthodox, 2009)
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