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Guide to the Non-traditional Jewish life in the San Francisco Bay Area : collection of liturgical material

Anna Levia Department of Special Collections Green Library Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CA 94305-6004 Phone: (650) 725-1022 Email: [email protected] URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/ © 2006 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.

M1412 1 Guide to the Non-traditional Jewish life in the San Francisco Bay Area : collection of liturgical material

Collection number: M1412

Department of Special Collections and University Archives Stanford University Libraries Stanford, California Processed by: Anna Levia Date Completed: 2004 Encoded by: Sean Quimby © 2006 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary Title: Non-traditional Jewish life in the San Francisco Bay Area : collection of liturgical material Dates: 1985-2003 Collection number: M1412 Creator: Kisber, Susie Collection Size: 1 linear ft. Repository: Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives. Abstract: Printed material, primarily liturgies. Compiled and/or created for feminist, Queer, and multicultural Jewish communities in the San Francisco Bay Area from 1982-2000. Consists of three series: Holidays, , and Life Cycle Events. Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English Access Collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 24 hours in advance of intended use. Publication Rights Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections. Preferred Citation Non-traditional Jewish life in the San Francisco Bay Area : collection of liturgical material, M1412. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Acquisition Information Gift of Susie Kisber, 2003. Accession 2003-338. Biography / Administrative History Susie Loveman Kisber, born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1965, completed her doctorate in clinical psychology from CSPP in 1999. Publications include her dissertation, A Comparison of Non-parents, Parents, and Prospective Parents Who are Jewish Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Identified Women: Differences in their Identities, Lifestyle, Families, Social Networks, and Received Social Support; and a chapter in Celebrating the Lives of Jewish Women: Patterns in a Feminist Sampler. In 1995 she co-founded Pardes Rimonim, a Jewish feminist, earth-centered, multicultural ritual community located in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is active in the progressive Queer Jewish community locally and internationally. Scope and Content of Collection Printed material, primarily liturgies. Compiled and/or created for feminist, Queer, and multicultural Jewish communities in the San Francisco Bay Area from 1982-2000. Consists of three series: Holidays, Shabbat, and Life Cycle Events. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

M1412 2 Kisber, Susie Gay communities--San Francisco Bay Area Jewish women Lesbians Jewish life in the San Francisco Bay Area

Series 1. Holidays Physical Description: .5 linear ft.

Subseries 1. High Holidays (Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kipur)

Box 1, Folder 1 Pardes Rimonim machzor, 5756. 1996 Accession no. 2003-338 Box 1, Folder 2 Pardes Rimonim machzor, undated. Accession no. 2003-338

Subseries 2. Sukot

Box 1, Folder 23 Pardes Rimonim, Celebration honoring the harvest, undated. Accession no. 2003-338 Box 1, Folder 24 Ushpezin/Invitation to the mothers in the sukah.1992 Accession no. 2003-338 Box 1, Folder 25 Songsheet, undated. Accession no. 2003-338 Box 1, Folder 26 Women and sukot: may our homes be shelters of peace. Jewish Women's Calendar.1994 Accession no. 2003-338

Subseries 3. Tu bi-Shevat

Box 1, Folder 3 Pardes Rimonim Tu B'Shevat seder.1996 Accession no. 2003-338 Box 1, Folder 4 Pardes Rimonim Tu B'Shevat seder.1999 Accession no. 2003-338 Box 1, Folder 5 Susie and Mano's Tu B'Shevat seder.2000 Accession no. 2003-338

Subseries 4. Pesah

Subsubseries 1. Songs and Poems Box 1, Folder 6 Pesah songs and poems, undated. Accession no. 2003-338 Subsubseries 2. Hagadot Box 1, Folder 7 Supplement to the New Union haggadah.1982 Accession no. 2003-338 Box 1, Folder 8 The Telling: a loving haggadah for .1982 Accession no. 2003-338 Box 1, Folder 9 Liberation haggadah.1986 Accession no. 2003-338 Box 1, Folder 10 A New haggadah: a Jewish lesbian seder.1987 Accession no. 2003-338 Box 1, Folder 11 Let us begin: a haggadah for Passover.1988 Accession no. 2003-338 Box 1, Folder 12 Passover-Ramadan liberation.1991 Accession no. 2003-338 Box 1, Folder 13 Two feminist hagadot.1992 Accession no. 2003-338 Box 1, Folder 14 Three hagadot.1995 Accession no. 2003-338 Box 1, Folder 15 The Cohn Family haggadah.1997 Accession no. 2003-338 Box 1, Folder 16 Welcome to our (very first, very own) Seder1999 Accession no. 2003-338 Box 1, Folder 17 Thyme's haggadah draft I, undated. Accession no. 2003-338 Box 1, Folder 18 A Haggadah of liberation, undated. Accession no. 2003-338 Box 1, Folder 19 Hagadah shel pesah, undated. Accession no. 2003-338 Box 1, Folder 20 The stolen legacy: a women's haggadah, undated. Accession no. 2003-338 Box 1, Folder 21 The San Diego women's haggadah, 2nd ed., undated. Accession no. 2003-338

Subseries 5. Lag be-Omer

M1412 3 Series 1. Holidays Subseries 5. Lag be-Omer

Box 1, Folder 22 Trek through anxiety and hope: counting the omer, undated. Accession no. 2003-338 Series 2. Shabbat Physical Description: .5 linear ft.

Subseries 1. Friday Night Services

Box 2, Folder 1 Jewish Feminist Conference/songs and prayers.1982 Accession no. 2003-338 Box 2, Folder 2 A womyn's Friday night service.1982 Accession no. 2003-338 Box 2, Folder 3 12th International conference of gay and lesbian : welcoming shabbat.1990 Accession no. 2003-338 Box 2, Folder 4 .1993 Accession no. 2003-338 Box 2, Folder 5 Beth Jacob Congregation kabbalat shabbat.1994 Accession no. 2003-338 Box 2, Folder 6 Queer solstice shabbat.1994 Accession no. 2003-338 Box 2, Folder 7 Queer Minyan tu b'shevat shabbat.1995 Accession no. 2003-338 Box 2, Folder 8 Queer Minyan shabbat: memory and ritual.1995 Accession no. 2003-338 Box 2, Folder 9 Shabbat evening service, undated. Accession no. 2003-338 Box 2, Folder 10 Lekhah dodi li-krat kalah, undated. Accession no. 2003-338 Box 2, Folder 11 (Queer Minyan) siddur, undated. Accession no. 2003-338 Box 2, Folder 12 Shabbat shalom, undated. Accession no. 2003-338 Box 2, Folder 13 for Friday night, undated. Accession no. 2003-338 Box 2, Folder 14 Shabat shalom, undated. Accession no. 2003-338 Box 2, Folder 15 Kabbalat shabbat, undated. Accession no. 2003-338 Box 2, Folder 16 Shabat shalom, undated. Accession no. 2003-338 Box 2, Folder 17 Siddur, undated. Accession no. 2003-338 Box 2, Folder 17 Songs and prayers, undated. Accession no. 2003-338 Box 2, Folder 18 A Taste of honey: siddur, undated. Accession no. 2003-338 Box 2, Folder 20 [Queer Minyan] Invitation to the mothers, undated. Accession no. 2003-338

Subseries 2. Morning Prayers

Box 2, Folder 21 SF New Feminist Minyan draft service.1987 Accession no. 2003-338 Box 2, Folder 22 Queer Minyan shabbat service.1994 Accession no. 2003-338 Box 2, Folder 23 Queer Minyan.1995 Accession no. 2003-338 Box 2, Folder 24 Pardes Rimonim shabbat morning prayer book.1996 Accession no. 2003-338 Box 2, Folder 25 Queer Minyan.1998 Accession no. 2003-338

Subseries 3.

Box 2, Folder 26 Celebrating the ancestors of many cultures.1993 Accession no. 2003-338 Box 2, Folder 27 Jewish Women's Caucus.1995 Accession no. 2003-338 Series 3. Life Cycle Events Physical Description: 4 folders

Subseries 1. Naming Ceremony

Box 2, Folder 28 The naming of Shoshana.1992 Accession no. 2003-338

Subseries 2. Perpetual Engagement Siddur

Box 2, Folder 29 Siddur for Susie and Mano's perpetual engagement weekend, undated. Accession no. 2003-338

Subseries 3. Memorial Life Celebration

M1412 4 Series 3. Life Cycle Events Subseries 3. Memorial Life Celebration

Box 2, Folder 30 Dov Ben Hayim.1994 Accession no. 2003-338

Subseries 4. Yahrzeit Ritual

Box 2, Folder 31 In memory of Shoshannah's father Stuart Kisber.1995 Accession no. 2003-338 Box 2, Folder 32 Summary of Susie Kisber's study done at Stanford in 1995: a needs assessment of GLB Jewish students & young adults on Bay Area college campuses. (3 pp.) Accession no. 2003-338

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