Dr. Debra R. Blank
Dr. Debra R. Blank teaches liturgy at the Jewish Theological Seminary, where she was ordained in 1984.
Articles by Dr. Debra R. Blank
History of Confirmation
Confirmation changed the requirements for Jewish "adulthood" by moving the focus from religious practice to doctrine.
The Parents’ Blessing: Baruch She-p’tarani
The bar mitzvah ceremony is medieval, but a bar mitzvah blessing appears nearly a millenium earlier.