Keshira HaLev Fife: Judaism Unbound Episode 246 - Priestessing Priestesses
Keshira HaLev Fife, the Oreget Kehillah (Weaver of Community/Executive Director) for Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Institute, joins Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg for a conversation reflecting on the word "priestess" as both a noun and as a verb. They explore who priestesses are, what priestessing is, and why even priestesses themselves benefit from being priestessed. With respect to all of these questions, they consider how they tie to the Jewish past, present, and future.
This episode is the seventh in a series of episodes exploring the history and contemporary leadership of America's Jewish women.
[1] Learn more about Keshira HaLev Fife at KeshiraHaLev.com. Learn more about Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Institute at Kohenet.com.
[2] For a previous Judaism Unbound episode spotlighting Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Institute, see Episode 240: Hebrew Priestesses - Jill Hammer, Taya Shere, which features the two co-founders of the organization.
[3] To learn more about Aleph’s Kesher Fellowship, a program of transformational learning and mentoring for young adults between the ages of 22-40, facilitated by Keshira HaLev Fife, click here.
[4] Find a Kohenet near you by heading to this page (scroll to the bottom, under “Ordained Kohanot,” where Kohanot are listed by region of the United States, and by country outside of the United States).
[5] HaLev Fife references an early episode of Judaism Unbound, featuring Benay Lappe and her idea of “Crash.” Learn about it by listening to Episode 3: Exodus - Benay Lappe.
[6] To close the episode, Keshira HaLev Fife, who was born and raised in Pittsburgh (and lives there today), reflects on two years since October 27th, 2018, the date of the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue building in Pittsburgh. We encourage you to reflect on it as well, and a resource that will assist in doing this is Meanings of October 27th, which you can access by clicking here.