Ochs, Vanessa L.

Inventing Jewish ritual [electronic resource] / Vanessa L. Ochs ; foreword by Riv-Ellen Prell. - 1st ed. - Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2007. - xii, 276 p.

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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2013.
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Judaism--Customs and practices.
Jews--Social life and customs.--United States


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