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100 Jewish brides: stories from around the world
Published 2024
"100 Jewish Brides: Stories from Around the World collects stories of Jewish weddings in 84 countries from across the globe and throughout history. These stories are reflections of the way people understand Jewish marriage ceremonies-with their joys, strains, and variations. The stories cover ethnically, geographically, and historically diverse contributions, highlighting the similarities and differences of marriage celebrations across the Jewish diaspora, covering subjects from courtship and betrothal to the Ketubah and the ceremony itself. 100 Jewish Brides offers a glimpse into the stories that brides tell about their weddings and how they placed their weddings within the larger narrative of their lives. It represents a chance to learn how Jewish life was and is actually lived around the world by hearing about women's activities and listening to their voices"-- "100 Jewish Brides: Stories from Around the World collects stories of Jewish weddings in 84 countries from across the globe and throughout history. These stories are reflections of the way people understand Jewish marriage ceremonies-with their joys, strains, and variations.The stories cover ethnically, geographically, and historically diverse contributions, highlighting the similarities and differences of marriage celebrations across the Jewish diaspora, covering subjects from courtship and betrothal to the Ketubah and the ceremony itself.100 Jewish Brides offers a glimpse into the stories that brides tell about their weddings and how they placed their weddings within the larger narrative of their lives. It represents a chance to learn how Jewish life was and is actually lived around the world by hearing about women's activities and listening to their voices"-- Includes bibliographical references and index
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Jewish intermarriage around the world
Published 2017
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The Jguy's guide: the GPS for Jewish teen guys
Published 2013
Courage, friends, stress, sex, God, identity―these are some of the things that concern teen guys. This book addresses those concerns―without preaching, judgment or criticism―to help you figure out what becoming a Jewish man means to you. It presents surprising facts, interesting stories, ideas and actions taken by Jewish men today and all the way back to biblical times to show how they answered the same kinds of questions you're asking yourself. It challenges stereotypes and myths, and offers different opinions, not only from old guys but from dozens of teenage Jewish guys just like you. Like the Talmud, The JGuy’s Guide offers many perspectives and reflection questions to help you find your own truths.
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Today I am a woman: stories of bat mitzvah around the world
Published 01/01/2012
Recollections of the first bat mitzvah at the only synagogue in Indonesia, a poignant bat mitzvah memory of World War II Italy, and an American bat mitzvah shared with girls in a Ukrainian orphanage - these are a few of the resonant testimonies about the transition from Jewish girl to Jewish woman collected in Today I Am a Woman. Introduced by brief biographical notes and descriptions of Jewish communities around the world, these stories reveal how Judaism defines this important rite of passage in a girl's life in widely disparate settings. The contributions are from bat mitzvah girls of the past and present, their parents, communities, and religious leaders. Including evocative family photos - some recent, some from decades past - this rich compilation is an ideal gift for bat mitzvah celebrants, their families, and friends. Summary reprinted by permission of Indiana University Press
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Observing the observer: understanding our selves in field research
Published 2011
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One hundred years of kibbutz life: a century of crises and reinvention
Published 01/01/2011
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The women who reconstructed American Jewish education, 1910-1965
Published 2010
The first volume to examine the contributions of women who brought the forces of American progressivism and Jewish nationalism to formal and informal Jewish education.
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Jewish intermarriage around the world
Published 01/01/2009
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The JGirl's Teacher's and Parent's Guide
Published 07/2005
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The Jgirl's guide: the young Jewish woman's handbook for coming of age
Published 2005
The JGirl's Guide is a first-of-its-kind book of practical, real-world advice using Judaism as a compass for the journey through adolescence. A fun survival guide for coming of age, it explores the wisdom and experiences of rabbis, athletes, writers, scholars, musicians, and great Jewish thinkers, as well as lots of girls just like you, girls who share your worries and concerns, and your joys.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-186).