Rites of Passage : How Today's Jews Celebrate, Commemorate, and Commiserate

• Superior document: Studies in Jewish civilization
• VerfasserIn: Greenspoon, Leonard J.,; Klutznick, Ethel,
• TeilnehmendeR: Klutznick, Ethel,
• Julkaisuvuosi: 2010
• Kieli: English
• Sarja: Studies in Jewish civilization.
• Ulkoasu: 1 electronic resource (197 p.)

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’s something (a birth, bar or bat mitzvah, or a wedding) to celebrate. These are key moments for individuals and for the families and commun...