Jewish Lifecycle

During this Jewish mourning custom, the entire physical environment of the mourner is transformed to acknowledge the immediacy of death.

Adults help children most when they express their own sorrow and respond to questions in a truthful, yet age-appropriate way.

Celebrating menopause breaks the silences of a lifetime and forges a future of openness and sharing.

This ceremony uses elements of Jewish and other traditions to share a sense of possibility and openness with a newly menstruant girl.

The Bible sees folk healing as idolatrous.

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

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.