Jewish Life Events

Through prayer and ritual during the month after the termination, the parents work through lingering feelings of guilt and sorrow.

This ceremony ritually celebrates the moment that homosexuals, bisexuals, or transsexuals publicly declare their sexual identities.

The author shares the process of using Jewish texts and customs to celebrate a new stage of life.

The Seder Kabbalat Akharoot is a new ritual for accepting the loss of the dream for a biological child.

Although the Bible frowns upon magical healing practices, a clear distinction between medicine and magical healing developed only gradually.

In a world where pregnancy is a choice, we should ritually acknowledge those who undertake it.

Women have been creating new rituals that use traditional images and texts to reflect their experiences of childbirth.

The viability of new Jewish rituals will ultimately be determined by their continued presence in the Jewish community.