In If We Could Hear Them Now, Jewish heroines come to life from different eras of Jewish history. The author conducts interviews with different greats of the past, allowing each woman to tell her story from a personal point of view. History is brought down from the shelves of libraries and study halls and put in the readersÆ hands. Written in a contemporary and riveting fashion, this book illustrates what sets a hero apart and what lessons we can learn and incorporate from these remarkable lives.
About the author:
Alice Becker Lehrer teaches at the David Weissman Institute of the Bronfman Jewish Education Centre in Montreal and has held senior positions in the Montreal Jewish community for many years, including: serving as the President of the Jewish Public Library and founder of its Legacy for Learning committee, chairing the Advisory Committee of the Melton School of Education, cochairing the Hartman Institute Lay Leadership Global Beit Midrash Seminar Series, and as board member of Kollel Torah Mitzion and Mizrachi Canada. Alice was the founder and president of the private health care company Orthosport, was the editor of The Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, and has published in the Canadian Jewish News. She is the wife of Harold Lehrer, the mother of two daughters and the proud Oma of two grandsons.
Praise for If We Could Hear Them Now:
"This creative book allows modern readers to engage with Jewish heroines whose voices we cannot access. The imaginary conversations conducted with these women from our past are grounded in classic Jewish sources and provide a thought-provoking opportunity to reflect on how ancient stories are relevant to our lives today." ûElisheva Baumgarten, Director of the Fanya Gottesman Heller Center for the Study of Jewish Women and Social Historian at the Department of Jewish History Program at Bar Ilan University
"In this wonderfully engaging book, Alice Lehrer has brought many of the great heroines of the Jewish spirit to life by allowing them to tell their story in their own voice as if they were contemporaries. This is a delightful, imaginative and inspirational work which I highly recommend." ûSir Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth
"In this delightful and compelling work, Alice Lehrer takes us on a magic carpet ride through Jewish history, introducing us to impressive heroines and imagining how their stories could inspire us today. The book is both erudite and entertaining. So hear them now, meet them now, read them now. Buckle your seatbelts and enjoy this literaryhistorical adventure in time-travel reminding us, in the authorÆs apt words, of the ôtimelessnessö of these Jewish heroinesÆ teachings." ûProfessor Gil Troy, McGill University, author of Why I Am A Zionist: Israel, Jewish Identity and the Challenges of Today
