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The author shares the process of using Jewish texts and customs to celebrate a new stage of life.

Over time the rabbis increased the wife's power in a marriage, yet maintained the absolute right of the husband to grant a divorce.

The Seder Kabbalat Akharoot is a new ritual for accepting the loss of the dream for a biological child.

Remembering Jerusalem permeates Jewish belief, thought, and practice in profound and powerful ways.

Biblical divorce law provided some protection for women by setting limits on a man's absolute power to divorce.

The Conservative movement's creation of this scroll is the latest attempt in contemporary Judaism to create a liturgy for Yom Hashoah.

The history and observance of this minor fast day right after Rosh Hashanah.

The fast that precedes the holiday of Purim.

Judaism has communal fasts that are not on the yearly calendar and numerous occasions when individuals may choose to fast.

Writing and delivering the get (bill of divorce) is a complicated process requiring experts in Jewish divorce law.