Descriptive Summary
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Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
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Biography / Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
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.
Kisber, Susie
Gay communities--San Francisco Bay Area
Jewish women
Lesbians
Jewish life in the San Francisco Bay Area