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Ochs, Carol Rebecca was born on May 7, 1939 in New York City. Daughter of Herman and Clara Florence (Michaels) Blumenthal.
(Drawing on traditions of Jewish biblical commentary, the ...)
Drawing on traditions of Jewish biblical commentary, the author employs the Creation account in Genesis to show how understanding God's creativity can give us courage to go on when we contemplate a future of continued trials and failures, because we can reaffirm that we are created in God's image.
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Written by an acclaimed scholar to enrich and complete the vision offered by traditional Western spirituality, Women and Spirituality demonstrates that women, as women, have a valuable contribution to make to religion. This new edition is revised and updated in light of thirteen years of feminism, including new biblical role models and a new chapter on women's special relationship to time. Prodding readers to pay attention to their own experiences, Ochs challenges traditional religious concepts such as solitary struggle, otherworldliness, and the spiritual journey to a distant goal, and shows how women's spirituality focuses on relationships with others, commitment to this world, and engagement with the present.
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This book explains the process of spiritual guidance, encourages us to seek it out, and helps prepare those who feel called to become spiritual guides. Drawing from their personal and professional experience, as well as a rich array of traditional Jewish sources, Dr. Carol Ochs and Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky explore what Judaism has to say about the spiritual journey and the ways in which spiritual guidance can help us open more fully to God’s presence in our lives. Using the Book of Exodus, the Song of Songs, and the psalms as roadmaps—and sharing stories of contemporary Jews engaged in their own spiritual explorations—Ochs and Olitzky explore prayer as a relationship with God, listening as a key to recognizing all that is holy, and discernment as a way to distinguish the real from the apparent. The hardcover edition of Jewish Spiritual Guidance was first published in 1997 by Jossey Bass.
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In Reaching Godward, Dr. Carol Ochs draws on her years of experience as a spiritual guide. A philosopher and rationalist, Ochs incorporates reason, spirituality, Jewish tradition, and life realities into her thoughtful book. In it she portrays the quest for connection with God through a series of vignettes, each a composite of an individual with whom Ochs has worked. Each person is different, and thus each journey is different, but all have developed ways of living out their commitments so that their personal relationships with God continue to develop and their lives continue to be richer for it.
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More and more thoughtful Jews are coming to discover that the impersonal God they learned about in Hebrew school is not the God they now know and love. But few know how to articulate their personal relationship with this transcendent presence - so their extraordinary discoveries remain hidden inside themselves rather than shared and celebrated with others. In this volume, ordinary Jews offer their very personal reflections on how they recognize God at work in their lives, loves, and communities, using biblical texts to examine these stories. The work provides spiritual direction for the growing number of Jewish seekers - and those who advise them. It invites ordinary people to examine their own spirituality rather than relying on heavy theology and didactic religiosity - and yet honours the traditional Jewish scriptures. Jews are helped to learn to know and love God in an intimate, relevant way and to recognize how God is already working in their lives. The text draws from the riches of Torah and other important sources of Jewish wisdom.
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Ochs, Carol Rebecca was born on May 7, 1939 in New York City. Daughter of Herman and Clara Florence (Michaels) Blumenthal.
Bachelor, City University of New York, 1960. Master of Arts, City University of New York, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Brandeis University, 1968.
Philosophy lecturer City University of New York, 1964-1965. From assistant professor to professor philosophy Simmons College, Boston, 1967-1992, professor emerita, since 1992. Adjunct faculty Graduate School Union Institute, Cincinnati, 1992—1997, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute Religion, New York City, 1994—1997, director graduate studies, visiting professor philosophy, 1997—2001, director graduate studies, adjunct professor Jewish Religious Thought, 2001—2009.
Consultant Institute for Service to Higher Education, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 1972, St. Mary's College, South Bend, Indiana, 1980. Scholar-in-residence Hollins College, Roanoke, Virginia, 1987, numerous temples and synagogues. Member selection committee Kent Postdoctoral Fellowships Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College.
Lecturer in field.
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Member Jewish-Catholic Dialogue, Boston, 1989-1993. Member Catholic-Jewish committee Archdiocese of Boston, 1989-1993. Fellow Society for Values in Higher Education (board directors 1982-1988, since 2010, chair central committee 1985-1987, vice president since 2004), Association for Religion and Intellectual Life (member editorial board 1986—1992).
Married Michael Ochs, September 27, 1959. Children: Elisabeth Amy, Miriam Adina.