Mishpachah

• Other Authors: Greenspoon, Leonard (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Purdue University Press 2016
• Subjects: Religious groups: social & cultural aspects; Social groups: religious groups & communities
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Dictionary definitions of the term mishpachah are seemingly straightforward: "A Jewish family or social unit including close and distant relatives-sometimes also close friends." As accurate as such definitions are, they fail to capture the diversity and vitality of real, flesh-and-blood Je...