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  The Collection

  The Institute for Contemporary Midrash (ICM) was created by Rivkah Walton to support the participation of contemporary midrash, a type of biblical interpretation, through visual, performing, and literary arts. Formalized in 1996, after several Bibliodrama trainings in 1995 and 1996 led by Peter Pitzele and Walton, the ICM received foundation funding in 1997 and created a membership/journal-subscriber base to facilitate multi-disciplinary summer training programs, Bibliodrama training for Christian clergy and seminaries, and courses in contemporary midrash and serve as a resource on the subject. The ICM also published “Living Text: The Journal of Contemporary Midrash” (1997-2000).
  

  The Exhibit 

  Documents from the Institute for Contemporary Midrash prove that contemporary midrash, as both a process and a product, created a community for women, a community that facilitated a deeper relationship with the Torah, with Judaism, and with other women. This exhibit, relying on the ICMR collection (from the Post Holocaust American Judaism Collections at the University of Colorado) and scholarly work on midrash, will examine the relationship between contemporary midrash, women, empowerment, and faith.