Why Men Gather - read a chapter excerpted from the book which describes the history of the Jewish Mens Retreat
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“Brother Keepers is remarkable for the sheer range and
variety of contributions which, taken together, map a
variegated field of ‘Jewish masculinities’ and suggest that
the
male Jewish body is a culturally complex terrain with
an ambivalent history."
— Lori Hope Lefkovitz, Ruderman
Professor of Jewish Studies at Northeastern University and
author of In Scripture: The First Stories of Jewish Sexual
Identities"
[Brother
Keepers is a] "solid, thoughtful work that is both
provocative and stimulating. It exposes
all of the skeletons in the closets of modern Jewish
men." —
Rabbi Charles Simon,
executive-director of the Men's
Clubs of United Synagogue of Conservative
Judaism.
From
sociological surveys to confessional poetry, Brother
Keepers offers a variety of perspectives
on the journey from Abraham's knives to the flight of
men from American Jewish life (which
perhaps aren't as distant as we think). And like a good
Jewish book, it answers the questions it
raises ... with still more questions.
—
Jay Michaelson, author
of Everything
Is God: The Radical Path of
Nondual Judaism and Executive
Director of Nehirim: GLBT Jewish Culture &
Spirituality.