Women’s Spaces Radio Show of December 19, 2022 with host Elaine B Holtz’s Commentary on Hanukkah and guest Mary Norman on the two prominent women in the birthing of Christianity has been uploaded to the web archive. The show was broadcast in the North SF Bay and streamed worldwide over Radio KBBF 89.1 FM on Monday 12/19/2022 at 11 AM, repeats at 11 PM on KBBF, and then repeat broadcasts in Petaluma and streamed worldwide over Radio KPCA 103.3 FM on the following Wednesday 12/21/2022 at 11 AM.
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Hanukkah
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Two Prominent Women in the Birthing of Christianity
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Featuring
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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz,Hostof Women’s Spaces
2. Guest Mary Norman, Devotee of Mary the Mother of Jesus and of Mary Magdalene
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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz: I have a special guest this morning. Joining me on the phone is Mary Norman, activist and producer/host of the radio show, Voice for Social Justice. We are gong to be in conversation about two of the most revered women in Christianity, Mary mother of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, disciple of Jesus. I am excited about this show and the goal is to get some clarity on who these women are and how they have had an impact on women and religion.
Yesterday started the week of Hanukkah. A happy Hanukkah to all my Jewish listeners. Our History is our strength, thought it might be of value to talk a bit about the story of Hanukkah particularly since we are in the Christmas Season celebrating the Prince of Peace who he himself would have celebrated Hanukkah.
Hanukkah
Source: https://reformjudaism.org/jewish-holidays/hanukkah/history-hanukkah-story
Originally, the eight-day holiday was intended to parallel the eight-day festival of Sukkot. The books of the Maccabees made no mention of the legend concerning a small jar of oil that unexpectedly lasted for eight days. Only centuries after the Maccabees’ defeat of the Syrians did the story of the jar of oil – which has come to be associated with Hanukkah – appear in the Talmud.
According to the legend, when the Maccabees entered the Temple and began to reclaim it from the Greeks, they immediately relit the ner tamid, which burned constantly in the Temple and has a parallel in our synagogues to this day. In the Temple, they found a single jar of oil, which was sufficient for only one day. The messenger who was sent to secure additional oil took eight days to complete his mission, and miraculously, the single jar of oil continued to burn until his return. The rabbis of the Talmud attributed the eight days of Hanukkah to the miracle of this single jar of oil.
MODERN OBSERVANCE
Although the practice of lighting the menorah (also called a hanukkiyah) was common throughout much of the 19th century, North American Jews tended to neglect most of the other traditions and practices associated with the holiday. By the 1920s, however, Jews increasingly added gift-giving to their Hanukkah celebrations, prompting some people to refer to Hanukkah as the “Jewish Christmas.”
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2. Guest Mary Norman shares her knowledge of and devotion to Mary the mother of Jesus, who persuaded Jesus to perform his first miracle at the marriage feast at Cana, and Mary Magdalene, whom Jesus drove out 7 demons and who would become his most devoted and intimate disciple. She feels that interest in these two Mary’s is a sign of the restoration of the divine feminine to connect the Divine with Earth, but not through dominance but cooperation, as Riane Eisler called for in her book The Chalice and the Blade. Mary, influenced by her study of Theology of Liberation, believes the divine feminine births Justice, and God is Justice in the Christian story.
About our Guest: Mary Norman has had a long-time interest in human rights and social justice. She joined many immigrant-rights groups, including Stop Prop 187, Pueblos Unidos, and the North Bay Organizing Project.
Mary is a bilingual and bicultural teacher. While she worked on
her teaching credential at Cal State LA, she studied Liberation
Theology as a member of the Christian Base Community at Our
Lady Queen of Angels.
Mary received her degree in Psychology from Sonoma State University. She is very interested in depth psychology. She went on to teach English as a Second Language at SRJC for about 12 years. While living in Santa Rosa, she joined the Community Media Center of the North Bay and produced her TV series called Voices for Social Justice. She did over 100 shows, interviewing •activists from the Santa Rosa area.
Links Referenced:
Riane Eisler: https://rianeeisler.com/
Theology of Liberation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_theology
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Our history is our strength. Check out important dates to remember in herstory at the National Women’s History Alliance
Herstory Events:
December 20, 1954 – Sandra Cisneros, American Latina writer best known for her acclaimed first novel The House on Mango Street.
The House on Mango Street is considered a modern classic of Chicano literature and has been the subject of numerous academic publications in Chicano Studies and feminist theory. The book has sold more than 6 million copies, has been translated into over 20 languages and is required reading in many schools and universities across the United States.
Source: See Wikipedia site for footnotes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_on_Mango_Street
It was on The New York Times Best Seller list and is the recipient of several major literary awards, including the American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation. It was adapted into a stage play by Tanya Saracho, which was staged in Chicago in 2009.[1]
Because the novel deals with sensitive subject matters, such as domestic violence, puberty, sexual harassment, and racism, it has faced challenges and threats of censorship. In spite of this, it remains an influential coming-of-age novel and is a staple piece of literature for many young adults.
Herstory Birthdays:
December 19, 1919 (2007) – Sally Ann Lilienthal, founder of Ploughshares in 1981 which gave fifty million dollars in grants to promote peace, reduce and ultimately eliminate nuclear weapons.
Ploughshares Fund is a public grantmaking foundation that supports initiatives to prevent the spread and use of nuclear weapons, and to prevent conflicts that could lead to their use.[1] Ploughshares Fund is a 501(c)(3) foundation that pools contributions from individuals, families and foundations.[2] Ploughshares Fund enables individual contributors to pool resources and provide support for initiatives[3] to prevent the spread and use of nuclear weapons. With over $100 million awarded in grants since its founding in 1981, Ploughshares Fund is the largest US philanthropic foundation focused exclusively on nuclear weapons.[4]
Source: See Wikipedia site for footnotes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ploughshares_Fund
December 22, 1912 (2007) – Claudia “Lady Bird” Taylor Johnson, First Lady (1963-69), advocate for civil rights, National Chair of Head Start, led “Beautification” efforts across the country involving environmentalism, conservation, and anti-pollution.
Announcements
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Monday, December 26 11 AM PT # repeats 11 PM PT, the show will feature Guests to be announced. Radio KBBF 89.1 FM, North SF Bay or live streaming at https://kbbf.org/live
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Wednesday, December 28, 11 AM PT, repeat of Monday’s show, will feature Guests to be announced. Radio KPCA 103.3 FM, Petaluma, CA. https://petalumacommunityaccess.org/kpca
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Music Selections
The Opening and Closing Theme song The Woman in Your Life is You is done with permission of the Composer and Singer Alix Dobkin ((August 16, 1940 – May 19, 2021) Alix Dobkin death was just announced – Thank you for all you did for Lesbians to be recognized and Women to be honored. May you rest in peace. See our Interview with Alix Dobkin on 12/1/2014 and our Memorial to Alix Dobkin on 5/24/2021
The Woman in Your Life is You by Alix Dobkin from the album Living with Lavender Jane (2010 Women’s Wax Works) – www.alixdobkin.com
Give Yourself to Love, sung by Shawna Carol from the album Vow: A Songwriters Songbook (2002 Songspirit Records)
Happy Christmas (The War is Over), sung by Sarah McLaughlin from the album Winter Song (2006 Arista Records, LLC A unit of Sony BMG Music Entertainment).
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