http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0290161b No online items 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: specialcollections@stanford.edu 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, Shabbat, 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 Box 1, Folder 2 Pardes Rimonim machzor, undated. Subseries 2. Sukot Box 1, Folder 23 Pardes Rimonim, Celebration honoring the harvest, undated. Box 1, Folder 24 Ushpezin/Invitation to the mothers in the sukah.1992 Box 1, Folder 25 Songsheet, undated. Box 1, Folder 26 Women and sukot: may our homes be shelters of peace. Jewish Women's Calendar.1994 Subseries 3. Tu bi-shevat Box 1, Folder 3 Pardes Rimonim Tu B'Shevat seder.1996 Box 1, Folder 4 Pardes Rimonim Tu B'Shevat seder.1999 Box 1, Folder 5 Susie and Mano's Tu B'Shevat seder.2000 Subseries 4. Pesah Subsubseries 1. Songs and Poems Box 1, Folder 6 Pesah songs and poems, undated. Subsubseries 2. Hagadot Box 1, Folder 7 Supplement to the New Union haggadah.1982 Box 1, Folder 8 The Telling: a loving haggadah for passover.1982 Box 1, Folder 9 Liberation haggadah.1986 Box 1, Folder 10 A New haggadah: a Jewish lesbian seder.1987 Box 1, Folder 11 Let us begin: a haggadah for Passover.1988 Box 1, Folder 12 Passover-Ramadan liberation.1991 Box 1, Folder 13 Two feminist hagadot.1992 Box 1, Folder 14 Three hagadot.1995 Box 1, Folder 15 The Cohn Family haggadah.1997 Box 1, Folder 16 Welcome to our (very first, very own) Seder1999 Box 1, Folder 17 Thyme's haggadah draft I, undated. Box 1, Folder 18 A Haggadah of liberation, undated. Box 1, Folder 19 Hagadah shel pesah, undated. Box 1, Folder 20 The stolen legacy: a women's haggadah, undated. Box 1, Folder 21 The San Diego women's haggadah, 2nd ed., undated. 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. Series 2. Shabbat Physical Description:.5 linear ft. Subseries 1. Friday Night Services Box 2, Folder 1 Jewish Feminist Conference/songs and prayers.1982 Box 2, Folder 2 A womyn's Friday night service.1982 Box 2, Folder 3 12th International conference of gay and lesbian jews: welcoming shabbat.1990 Box 2, Folder 4 Siddur.1993 Box 2, Folder 5 Beth Jacob Congregation kabbalat shabbat.1994 Box 2, Folder 6 Queer solstice shabbat.1994 Box 2, Folder 7 Queer Minyan tu b'shevat shabbat.1995 Box 2, Folder 8 Queer Minyan shabbat: memory and ritual.1995 Box 2, Folder 9 Shabbat evening service, undated. Box 2, Folder 10 Lekhah dodi li-krat kalah, undated. Box 2, Folder 11 (Queer Minyan) siddur, undated. Box 2, Folder 12 Shabbat shalom, undated. Box 2, Folder 13 Kiddush for Friday night, undated. Box 2, Folder 14 Shabat shalom, undated. Box 2, Folder 15 Kabbalat shabbat, undated. Box 2, Folder 16 Shabat shalom, undated. Box 2, Folder 17 Siddur, undated. Box 2, Folder 17 Songs and prayers, undated. Box 2, Folder 18 A Taste of honey: siddur, undated. Box 2, Folder 20 [Queer Minyan] Invitation to the mothers, undated. Subseries 2. Morning Prayers Box 2, Folder 21 SF New Feminist Minyan draft service.1987 Box 2, Folder 22 Queer Minyan shabbat service.1994 Box 2, Folder 23 Queer Minyan.1995 Box 2, Folder 24 Pardes Rimonim shabbat morning prayer book.1996 Box 2, Folder 25 Queer Minyan.1998 Subseries 3. Havdalah Box 2, Folder 26 Celebrating the ancestors of many cultures.1993 Box 2, Folder 27 Jewish Women's Caucus.1995 Series 3. Life Cycle Events Physical Description: 4 folders Subseries 1. Naming Ceremony Box 2, Folder 28 The naming of Shoshana.1992 Subseries 2. Perpetual Engagement Siddur Box 2, Folder 29 Siddur for Susie and Mano's perpetual engagement weekend, undated. 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 Subseries 4. Yahrzeit Ritual Box 2, Folder 31 In memory of Shoshannah's father Stuart Kisber.1995 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.) M1412 5