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Celebration & renewal : rites of passage in Judaism / edited by Rela M. Geffen.

Contributor(s): Geffen, Rela M
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 1993Edition: First editionDescription: x, 277 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 082760422XOther title: Celebration and renewalSubject(s): Judaism -- Customs and practices | Life cycle, Human -- Religious aspects -- Judaism | Life change events -- Religious aspects -- Judaism | Judaism -- 20th century | Judaism -- United States | Jewish way of lifeDDC classification: 296.4/4 LOC classification: BM700 | .C39 1993Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
"Be fruitful and multiply" : issues relating to birth in Judaism / David Novak -- Parents as partners with God : parenting young children / Steven M. Brown -- From Bar/Bat Mitzvah through the teen years : challenges to parent and community / Melvin L. and Shoshana R. Silberman -- Choosing Judaism : issues relating to conversion / Stephen C. Lerner -- Marriage : Judaism's "other" convenantal relationship / Daniel H. Gordis -- Midlife : from understanding to wisdom / Barry D. Cytron -- "The altar weeps" : divorce in Jewish law / Irwin H. Haut -- Bikkur Holim : sickness in Jewish law / Nahum M. Waldman -- The crown of glory : aging in the Jewish tradition / Dayle A. Friedman -- Death and mourning : a time for weeping, a time for healing / Judith Hauptman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Be fruitful and multiply" : issues relating to birth in Judaism / David Novak -- Parents as partners with God : parenting young children / Steven M. Brown -- From Bar/Bat Mitzvah through the teen years : challenges to parent and community / Melvin L. and Shoshana R. Silberman -- Choosing Judaism : issues relating to conversion / Stephen C. Lerner -- Marriage : Judaism's "other" convenantal relationship / Daniel H. Gordis -- Midlife : from understanding to wisdom / Barry D. Cytron -- "The altar weeps" : divorce in Jewish law / Irwin H. Haut -- Bikkur Holim : sickness in Jewish law / Nahum M. Waldman -- The crown of glory : aging in the Jewish tradition / Dayle A. Friedman -- Death and mourning : a time for weeping, a time for healing / Judith Hauptman.

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