E. M. Broner Explained
| E. M. Broner |
| Birth Name: | Esther Frances Masserman |
| Birth Date: | 8 July 1927 |
| Education: | - BA in sociology and
- MA in creative writing from Wayne State University Ph.D. with a specialization in religion from the Union Institute & University
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| Spouse: | Robert Broner |
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| Notable Works: | The Women's Haggadah |
Esther M. Broner, best known as E.M. Broner, (Masserman; July 8, 1927 – June 21, 2011) was a Jewish American feminist author.
Personal life
Broner attended Wayne State University and received a bachelor's degree in english and a master's degree in creative writing.[1] She received her PhD in religion at what is now the Union Institute & University.[2] Broner returned to Wayne State to teach English and also taught at Sarah Lawrence College.
She was married to Robert Broner, a printmaker and painter, and they had four children together.[3]
Career
In 1976, Broner's first women-only Passover seder was held in her New York City apartment. It was led by her, with 13 women attending, including Gloria Steinem, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, and Phyllis Chesler.[4] Broner and Naomi Nimrod created a women's haggadah for use at this seder.[5] In the spring of 1976 Broner published this “Women’s Haggadah” in Ms. magazine, later publishing it as a book in 1994; this haggadah is meant to include women where only men had been mentioned in traditional haggadahs, and it features the Wise Women, the Four Daughters, the Women's Questions, the Women's Plagues, and a women-centric “Dayenu”.[6] A Women's Seder has been held with the Women's Haggadah every year since 1976, and women-only seders are now held by some congregations as well.[7] [8] Broner led her Women's Seder for 30 years.[9]
Her papers are held at Brandeis University.[10]
Works
Broner had also written radio scripts for National Public Radio and plays. Her musical, “Higginson: An American Life,” premiered June 17, 2005, by the Michigan Opera Theatre (Broner, book & lyrics; Mort Zieve, music).
References
- News: E. M. Broner, Jewish Feminist, Dies at 83. The New York Times. June 22, 2011. Margalit Fox.
- Web site: education . Elaine Woo Elaine Woo is a Los Angeles native who has written for her hometown paper since 1983 She covered public . Local . Filled a Variety of Editing Assignments Before Joining “the Dead Beat”-News Obituaries – Where She Has Produced Artful Pieces on Celebrated . national . Figures . International . Mailer . including Norman . Child . Julia . in 2015 . Rosa Parks She left The Times . 2011-06-29 . Esther M. Broner dies at 83; Jewish feminist, novelist . 2024-01-27 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
- Encyclopedia: Esther M. Broner. Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. Jewish Women's Archive. Sklar. Kathryn Kish. March 1, 2009. Kathryn Kish Sklar.
- http://jwa.org/thisweek/mar/01/1993/em-broner This Week in History – E.M. Broner publishes "The Telling" | Jewish Women's Archive
- http://www.jbooks.com/nonfiction/NF_Groner.htm Non-Fiction: The Many Seders of Passover
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/006061143X The Women's Haggadah (9780060611439): E. M. Broner, Naomi Nimrod: Books
- Web site: E.M. Broner. Jewish Women's Archive. Jewish Women's Archive.
- Web site: Women-Only Seder Held in Westmoreland County - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review . 2019-01-07 . 2021-03-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210312004243/https://www.gale.com/databases/questia . dead .
- News: Feminist Seders Reach the Promised Land . New York Times. 16 April 2005 . Cohen . Debra Nussbaum .
- Web site: E.M. Broner collection. Smith. Craig Bruce. 2010. Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department. Brandeis University.
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