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Part memoir and part activist manifesto, this book offers Jewish text as an inspiration for all who care about body liberation. Minna Bromberg lays bare the harm of anti-fat bias by tracing her own journey from dieting at age seven to fat activism and the founding of her organization, Fat Torah. Her personal narrative highlights the restorative potential that Jewish tradition has for addressing fatphobia and inspires a culture of healing and acceptance of all bodies created in the Divine image.

Produktbeschreibung
Part memoir and part activist manifesto, this book offers Jewish text as an inspiration for all who care about body liberation. Minna Bromberg lays bare the harm of anti-fat bias by tracing her own journey from dieting at age seven to fat activism and the founding of her organization, Fat Torah. Her personal narrative highlights the restorative potential that Jewish tradition has for addressing fatphobia and inspires a culture of healing and acceptance of all bodies created in the Divine image.
Autorenporträt
Rabbi Dr. Minna Bromberg is passionate about bringing her three decades of experience in fat activism to writing, teaching, and change-making at the nexus of Judaism and body liberation. She founded Fat Torah in 2020 with the aim of smashing the idolatry of weight stigma and deploying Jewish tradition to build a world that embraces all bodies. Rabbi Bromberg received her doctorate in sociology from Northwestern University in 2005 and was ordained at Hebrew College in 2010.