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Inventing Jewish ritual [electronic resource] / Vanessa L. Ochs ; foreword by Riv-Ellen Prell.

By: Ochs, Vanessa L.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2007Edition: 1st ed.Description: xii, 276 p. ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Judaism -- Customs and practices | Jews -- United States -- Social life and customsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 296.4 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Introduction : becoming a ritual innovator -- Democracy, open access, and Jewish feminism -- The narrative approach -- Material culture : new rituals and ritual objects -- Stretched by innovation -- Change : resisting and acclimating -- Case study 1 : Miriam's tambourine -- Case study 2 : the Holocaust Torah -- Case study 3 : the wedding booklet -- Epilogue : inheriting invented traditions.
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296.4 (Browse shelf) Available

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : becoming a ritual innovator -- Democracy, open access, and Jewish feminism -- The narrative approach -- Material culture : new rituals and ritual objects -- Stretched by innovation -- Change : resisting and acclimating -- Case study 1 : Miriam's tambourine -- Case study 2 : the Holocaust Torah -- Case study 3 : the wedding booklet -- Epilogue : inheriting invented traditions.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.