Tirzah Firestone is a prominent Jewish Renewal

Jewish Renewal

Jewish Renewal , is a recent movement in Judaism which endeavors to reinvigorate modern Judaism with mystical, Hasidic, musical and meditative practices...

 rabbi, as well as an author of books on female figures in Jewish mysticism and the Kabbalah

Kabbalah

Kabbalah/Kabala is a discipline and school of thought concerned with the esoteric aspect of Rabbinic Judaism. It was systematized in 11th-13th century Hachmei Provence and Spain, and again after the Expulsion from Spain, in 16th century Ottoman Palestine...

, a Jungian psychotherapist, and spiritual leader of Congregation Nevei Kodesh in Boulder, Colorado. She is the founding rabbi of the Jewish Renewal Community of Boulder. Tirzah is the younger sister of the feminist writer Shulamith Firestone

Shulamith Firestone

Shulamith Firestone , is a Jewish, Canadian-born feminist. She was a central figure in the early development of radical feminism, having been a founding member of the New York Radical Women, Redstockings, and New York Radical Feminists...

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Tirzah Firestone was raised in an Orthodox Jewish family in Missouri, and earned her Masters Degree in Holistic Counseling from Beacon College in 1982; in November, 1992, she was ordained as a rabbi by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Rabbi Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi and commonly called "Reb Zalman" is considered one of the major founders of the Jewish Renewal movement.-Early life:...

, Rabbi Gershon Winkler, Rabbi Shoshana Leibowitz and Rabbi Akiva Mann.

Before returning to Judaism, Firestone practiced Kundalini yoga, lived with a Hindu community, and explored radical philosophies such as Arica and Christian mysticism.

Publications

Books:

• The Receiving: Reclaiming Jewish Women’s Wisdom (Harper San Francisco)
• With Roots in Heaven: One Woman's Passionate Journey into the Heart of Her Faith (Plume)

CDs:

• "With Roots in Heaven: One Woman's Passionate Journey into the Heart of Her Faith" (Plume)
• "ASHREYNU! (HOW LUCKY WE ARE!) Jewish Chants for Meditation and Prayer" with Lisa Antosofsky, and Sheldon Sands.
• "The Woman's Kabbalah"