Rites of passage : how todays Jews celebrate, commemorate, and commiserate /

Rites of passage : how todays Jews celebrate, commemorate, and commiserate /

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Scholars tend to call them "rites of passage." Most people prefer to speak of them as life-cycle events or milestones. Jews like to speak of simchas, when there is something (a birth, Bar or Bat Mitzvah, or a wedding) to celebrate. These are key moments for individuals and for the families...

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Corporate Authors: Creighton University Kripke Center for the Study of Religion Society, Creighton University Kripke Center for the Study of Religion & Society, Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization, University of Nebraska--Lincoln Harris Center for Judaic Studies, Klutznick-Harris Symposium
Other Authors: Greenspoon, Leonard J (Leonard Jay)
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, [2010], ©2010
West Lafayette, Ind. : c2010
West Lafayette, Ind. : ©2010
West Lafayette, Ind. : [2010]
Series:Studies in Jewish civilization ; 21
Studies in Jewish civilization 21
Subjects:
Jewish way of life > Congresses
Judaism > Customs and practices > Congresses
Life change events > Religious aspects > Judaism > Congresses
Life cycle, Human > Religious aspects > Judaism > Congresses
Jewish way of life
Judaism > Customs and practices
Judentum
Life change events > Religious aspects > Judaism
Life cycle, Human > Religious aspects > Judaism
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Conference papers and proceedings
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