Description
Book SynopsisInvites readers to explore how Jewish practice can be more meaningful through renewing, reshaping, and even creating rituals, such as naming ceremonies for welcoming baby girls, healing services, Miriam's cup, mitzvah days, egalitarian wedding practices, and commitment ceremonies.
Trade Review"
Inventing Jewish Ritual by Vanessa Ochs is a wonderful read, especially if one is an egalitarian Jew. Her passionate feminism comes through clearly, as does her pride in being Jewish. The two play together brilliantly."—Edgar Bronfman
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Reading Inventing Jewish Ritual did precisely what any good ritual should . . . it enchanted, delighted, destabilized, anchored, challenged and charmed . . . a must read for anyone who wants to know how ritual works to make us wiser and more compassionate and wants to reimagine life as the most profound ritual of all."—Rabbi Irwin Kula
"Explores how traditional communities can move beyond skepticism to turn invented rituals into sanctioned, even beloved, traditions."—
Nextbook"Offers a clear, informative discussion of a dynamic process that will continue to change the face of American Judaism."—
Publishers Weekly"Ochs is a gentle guide to the world of new Jewish ritual, both for newcomers to the concept and for those who are already immersed within it."—
Haaretz"A compelling case for creating new ritual in Jewish life - new ways to observe holidays and mark life-cycle events - while reminding that it is the doing that makes ritual come alive and the practice real."—
Jewish News of Greater Phoenix
