Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction - sue levi elwell with rebecca t. alpert

Part I Serving a Denominational Movement

Chapter 1 Struggle, Change, and Celebration: My Life as a Lesbian Rabbi - linda holtzman

Chapter 2 A Practical Theology of Presence - nancy wiener

Chapter 3 Working from the Inside, Out - julie r. spitzer

Chapter 4 Wholeness and Holiness: A Life's Journey - sue levi elwell

Chapter 5 Being a Lesbian Rabbi - elizabeth tikvah sarah

Part II Serving Congregations

Chapter 6 Ten Years on the Journey toward Wholeness - leila gal berner

Chapter 7 Carrying On: A Lesbian Rabbi, Jewish Seekers, and All the Voices of Our Lives - ellen lippmann

Chapter 8 Shlichut: Claiming My Mission - karen bender

Chapter 9 Ger V'toshav: Member and Outsider - sydney mintz

Part III Serving Gay and Lesbian Congregations

Chapter 10 Gay and Lesbian Synagogue as Spiritual Community - sharon kleinbaum

Chapter 11 Why I Choose to be a Rabbi of a GLBT Synagogue - lisa a. edwards

Chapter 12 Ten Years and Counting . . . - denise l. eger

Part IV Working with Jews "at the Margins" and on Campus

Chapter 13 On Being a Rabbi at the Margins - rebecca t. alpert

Chapter 14 My Piece of Truth - julie greenberg

Chapter 15 My Language Is My Country - shirley idelson

Part V Lesbian Rabbis and Conservative Judaism

Chapter 16 Saying No in the Name of a Higher Yes - benay lappe

Chapter 17 Notes from the Underground - dawn robinson rose

Chapter 18 In Hiding - anonymous

Glossary

About the Contributors

Index