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Ashkenazi Jewish history
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feminism
first woman rabbi
Germany
graphic novel
Holocaust
illustrated
Jewish feminism
Judaism
memoir
Regina Jonas
religious feminism
women rabbis
Product details
- ISBN 9798986780320
- Dimensions: 209 x 273mm
- Publication Date: 08 Feb 2024
- Publisher: Ayin Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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A beautifully illustrated graphic novel—part introduction to the first ordained Ashkenazi woman rabbi, and part lyric memoir on the author’s experience as a religious feminist Jew.
As a Burning Flame: The Dream of Regina Jonas is a graphic novel exploring the life and impact of the first female ordained rabbi in Ashkenazi Jewish history. Regina Jonas (1902–1944) was active in prewar Berlin and later in the Theresienstadt ghetto as a community leader, lecturer, and organizer, until her murder at Auschwitz. As a Burning Flame recounts Regina’s story through creatively woven fragments of her own writing and Noa Mishkin’s meditative and imaginative illustrations. The novel then turns to explore where Regina’s story intersects with Noa’s own, as a young religious feminist searching for her own path. Ideal for readers of any religious background, As a Burning Flame aims to introduce its audience to this long-forgotten chapter of Jewish feminist history, and to inspire conversation about evolving female religious identities in our own time.
As a Burning Flame: The Dream of Regina Jonas is a graphic novel exploring the life and impact of the first female ordained rabbi in Ashkenazi Jewish history. Regina Jonas (1902–1944) was active in prewar Berlin and later in the Theresienstadt ghetto as a community leader, lecturer, and organizer, until her murder at Auschwitz. As a Burning Flame recounts Regina’s story through creatively woven fragments of her own writing and Noa Mishkin’s meditative and imaginative illustrations. The novel then turns to explore where Regina’s story intersects with Noa’s own, as a young religious feminist searching for her own path. Ideal for readers of any religious background, As a Burning Flame aims to introduce its audience to this long-forgotten chapter of Jewish feminist history, and to inspire conversation about evolving female religious identities in our own time.
Noa Mishkin is an illustrator, comics artist, and graduate of Jerusalem’s Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. Her work explores the intersections of Jewish tradition and feminist identities, as well as the natural world and our relationship with it. She is married to Noam and practices halachic egalitarian Judaism. As a Burning Flame is Noa’s debut graphic biography. She lives in Jerusalem.
