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

• Formatua: Baliabide elektronikoa Liburu kapitulua
• Hizkuntza: ingelesa
• Argitaratua: Purdue University Press 2010
• Gaiak: Religious groups: social & cultural aspects; Social groups: religious groups & communities
• Sarrera elektronikoa: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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 fami...