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Finding
Rituals
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In this transcript from an outake of In
Her Own Time, Myerhoff discusses illness and
ritual with the film's director, Lynne Littman:
MYERHOFF: "I must say, I don't know how to
explain it,...[but] this whole illness is
taking on- well, not only spiritual but I have
to say specifically Jewish implications because
what's turning out to be the case is that the
Jewish world- and I mean the intensely Jewish
world, not the usual secular circles that
I move in- have more resources...
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"[They] have rituals, they have
ceremonies, they have knowledge, they have things
to do that other people do not in the cases of
illness or emergency of a crisis like this. And
that's been a revelation to me, I must say....And
even something that seems to you possibly as
commonplace as mikvah...finding a religious ritual
that is a purification, that also happens to be
mine, I mean, as an anthropologist I can tell
you, well, they do this all over the world, every
religion has some sort of immersion in the water
that makes you new. But the fact is...I also have
it available to me as a Jew....Not just in relation
to menstruation but also in relation to
purification. That's really very important for me
to know about. And I think for a lot of other
Jews to know about.
LITTMAN: "I think you've given a new slant,
a new revelation, so maybe someone else will pick
up on it."
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How to Cite This Page
For a bibliography:
Jewish Women's Archive. "JWA - Barbara Myerhoff - Finding Rituals." <http://jwa.org/exhibits/wov/myerhoff/ritual.html>.
For a footnote:
Jewish Women's Archive, "JWA - Barbara Myerhoff - Finding Rituals," <http://jwa.org/exhibits/wov/myerhoff/ritual.html>.
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