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Popular Klezmer: Pushing the Envelope
With klezmer's popularity on the rise, artists have taken it in new--and sometimes "controversial"--directions.
Interfaith Weddings
Love can't always conquer--couples have difficult decisions to make when they embark on an interfaith marriage.
Reshaping Jewish Memory
In the Torah, women are absent at the covenantal moment; to make up for this, Jewish history must be reconstructed.
God’s Gender: A Traditionalist View
If we reject male God language, we lose a powerful metaphor: the husband-wife relationship between God and the Jews.
Engendering Judaism
Because the evolution of Judaism is affected by social conditions, it can be actively developed to be gender sensitive.
Exorcising the Get: A Ritual of Healing
The author created a ritual to exorcise the pain she experienced when she was required to receive her get with utter passivity.
Are Egalitarian Jewish Weddings Possible?
A marriage tradition steeped in property law really has to stretch to be legally egalitarian.
Annulment of Marriages
Rarely do we see as clearly the tension between traditional Jewish practices and secular values as in the issue of annulment.
A Jewish Weaning Ceremony
The celebration of an infant's weaning goes back to the feast Abraham held for his son Isaac.
Overview: Attitudes Toward Non-Jews
What have Jews thought about non-Jews at various points in history?
Israeli Music
In many ways, the history of Israeli music reflects the broad struggles of this young country.
Miscarriage
A ritual in recognition of the author's miscarriage emerged from a year of studying about the infertile Hannah, who eventually had a child.