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Special Issues in Kaddish
Study in honor of dead; women reciting Kaddish; Kaddish integrating mourners into communities; and hiring someone to say Kaddish.
Responsibility in the Face of the Other
Responsibility that begins in seeing the face of another human being is a primary philosophical category.
Filling the Grave
Shoveling dirt onto the coffin is the family's final ritual act of honoring the dead.
Biblical and Rabbinic Ideas
Neither the Bible nor rabbinic literature are explicitly philosophical, but they nonetheless contain precedents invoked by later Jewish thinkers.
Wedding Ceremony Merges Tradition and Egalitarianism
Traditional Jewish Egalitarian Ceremony. Contemporary Jewish Marriage Issues. Jewish Marital Relations. Jewish Lifecycle
Egalitarianism Confronts Kiddushin
Kiddushin and Egalitarianism. Contemporary Jewish Marriage Issues. Jewish Marital Relations. Jewish Lifecycle
Reconstructionist Judaism Offers Egalitarian Divorce Options
In addition to the traditional get (bill of divorce) granted by the husband, Reconstructionism offers a woman-initiated get and a mutual get.
Sarah in the Bible
How historical evidence shapes our understanding of this biblical matriarch.