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An overview of synagogue and religious music, including cantillation, nusah, the nigun, cantors and cantorial music, and the influence of prayer in the synagogue.

Reconstructionists see Jewish law as no longer viable, but still a resource to be taken seriously.

A Renaissance composer who applied the conventions of choral music to Jewish liturgy

With klezmer's popularity on the rise, artists have taken it in new--and sometimes "controversial"--directions.

Love can't always conquer--couples have difficult decisions to make when they embark on an interfaith marriage.

In the Torah, women are absent at the covenantal moment; to make up for this, Jewish history must be reconstructed.

If we reject male God language, we lose a powerful metaphor: the husband-wife relationship between God and the Jews.

Because the evolution of Judaism is affected by social conditions, it can be actively developed to be gender sensitive.

The author created a ritual to exorcise the pain she experienced when she was required to receive her get with utter passivity.

A marriage tradition steeped in property law really has to stretch to be legally egalitarian.

Rarely do we see as clearly the tension between traditional Jewish practices and secular values as in the issue of annulment.

The celebration of an infant's weaning goes back to the feast Abraham held for his son Isaac.