“Women ( and persons) of Valor”

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Just in time for Queen Esther’s Purim  holiday honoring a woman of valor, from  the Hebrew Bible also comes a passage in Proverbs, a hymn that describes and honors what was thought of as a woman of valor, defined by one contemporary Jewish social  commentator as personal bravery.

What did  this quality  look like  when the phrase originated?  Not what you may have expected. What does it look like today? A mixed bag for both male and female identified persons.

Rev. Marti Keller has been a parish, community and social justice minister for more than 23 years. Her “Jewnitarian” involvements include co-editing “Jewish Voices in Unitarian Universalism,” and other UUA publications around the Jewish source of our living tradition. She has been the President of UUs for Jewish Awareness and is currently a member. She is part of a ministerial team launching an online Mussar Jewish values program in 2022. She is also past vice president of the Society for Humanistic Judaism and serves on the advisory team for the international Secular Synagogue.