A scholar highlights some of the most interesting versions of the Passover text and how they’ve met communities’ changing needs around the world.
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Like many Jewish practices, the harvest festival of Sukkot largely takes place at home − meaning families can incorporate many meaningful traditions.
Recent generations of Jewish women have looked to reinvent rituals marking the most meaningful moments in their lives, especially childbirth and motherhood.
The Passover Seder has tradition and remembrance at its core, but has also evolved throughout the centuries in Jewish communities around the world.
You’ll likely spot a hanukkiah, which has become a shortcut to identify Jewishness.
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Professor of Film Studies, Bangor University
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Director of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Brandeis University
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Department Chair of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Otis College of Art and Design
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Head of the Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica, University of Florida
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Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies & Jewish Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
