A Guide to Jewish Practice: Volume 3-Life Cycle

A Guide to Jewish Practice: Volume 3-Life Cycleby Rabbi David A. Teutsch, Ph.D.  Jewish life cycle rituals connect participants to the Jewish people and its history. They embody our ancestors’ understanding about God, the world, human relationships and the meaning of life. These rituals persist because they were successful at helping our forebears navigate their pivotal moments. At the same time, we live in a time of rapid change, when some of what we have inherited clashes with our values and our sense of aesthetics. We seek rituals that work for us. Thus, Jewish ritual continues to evolve. Available now, the third volume in A GUIDE TO JEWISH PRACTICE, edited by Rabbi David A. Teutsch, is dedicated to a contemporary understanding of the relevance of rituals. This collection provides thoughtful ways for liberal Jews to think more clearly and knowledgeably about both traditional and adaptive rituals, and to make sound, values-based choices regarding them. Each chapter is devoted to sign