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A New Model For Jewish Identity
Today, personal choice trumps group-oriented feelings of obligation as the basis for Jewish identity.
Non-Traditional Jewish Identities
A look at the many different ways Jews define their Judaism today.
Nusah: The Music of Prayer
Traditional musical motifs, called nusah, give each service of Jewish prayer a distinct sound.
Synagogue Music in the Modern Era
Changes are taking place in the leadership, participation, melodies, and instruments that are found in the synagogue.
A Rabbi’s Journey to Humanistic Judaism
Seeking to resolve questions and doubts, the author is led to the Secular Humanist Jewish rabbinate.
European Jewish Literature
The writings of Ashkenazic Jewry spans several languages and centuries.
Ladino Literature Revival
The magic and zest of Ladino---the Judeo-Spanish Dialect--enliven the novels of Rosa Nissan.
Synagogue Music
The music of the synagogue celebrates both the diversity and unity of the Jewish people.
Synagogue & Religious Music
An overview of synagogue and religious music, including cantillation, nusah, the nigun, cantors and cantorial music, and the influence of prayer in the synagogue.
Reconstructionist Judaism & Halacha
Reconstructionists see Jewish law as no longer viable, but still a resource to be taken seriously.
Salamone Rossi & Synagogue Choral Music
A Renaissance composer who applied the conventions of choral music to Jewish liturgy