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This section explores innovations made in wedding ceremonies, within a halakhic framework, to enhance women's, and particularly the bride's, participation.
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Blumberg, Ilana
"Reading the Ketubah," Blumberg, Ilana. JOFA Journal, 4:2, 2003.
Synopsis: This article presents personal accounts of brides and grooms detailing various innovations they made to their wedding ceremonies within the framework of halakha in order to make them more inclusive of women, in general, and the bride, in particular.
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Goldberg, Idana
"My Wedding: The Choices I Made," Goldberg, Idana. JOFA Journal, 1:3, 1999.
Synopsis: This article presents a personal account of a couple detailing various innovations they made to their wedding ceremonies within the framework of halakha in order to make them more inclusive of women, in general, and the bride, in particular.
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Goldberger, Bruce
"A Marriage of Equals: His Voice," Goldberger, Bruce. JOFA Journal, 4:2, 2003.
Synopsis: This article presents personal accounts of brides and grooms detailing various innovations they made to their wedding ceremonies within the framework of halakha in order to make them more inclusive of women, in general, and the bride, in particular.
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Gribetz, Beverly and Ed Greenstein
"Something Old, Something New," Gribetz, Beverly and Ed Greenstein. JOFA Journal, 1:3, 1999.
Synopsis: This article presents personal accounts of brides and grooms detailing various innovations they made to their wedding ceremonies within the framework of halakha in order to make them more inclusive of women, in general, and the bride, in particular.
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JOFA
"Thirteen Ways to Enrich Your Wedding," JOFA. JOFA Journal, 1:3, 1999.
Synopsis: JOFA presents a list of innovative suggestions for increasing the participation of women-including the bride-in the traditional Orthodox wedding ceremony.
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Koren, Irit
"The Bride's Voice: Religious Women Challenge the Wedding Ritual," Koren, Irit. Nashim, 10, 2005, 29-52.
Synopsis: Irit Koren describes and discusses the ways in which a number of Orthodox women in Israel that she interviewed modified the traditional wedding ritual or reinterpreted it to address feminist concerns. Because these women wanted to marry with a Rabbinate-approved marriage, the room to maneuver was limited. Most of the women ultimately chose not to confront the core problem of the ritual as an act of acquisition. Their acts confronted the traditional ritual without displacing the male hegemony and social order that sustain it. The author declares: "As feminism
gains currency and more widespread acceptance in the culture, a more frontal confrontation with the essentially problematic nature of the woman’s acquisition by her husband may be required, if the traditional ceremony is to retain its social relevance."
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Linzer, Dov
"Towards a More Balanced Wedding Ceremony," Linzer, Dov. JOFA Journal, 4:2, 2003.
Synopsis: Rabbi Linzer discusses the various parts of a wedding and opportunities that exist, within halakha, to increase women's participation in these ceremonies. Rabbi Linzer suggests that a couple, with their m'sader kiddushin explore the options he lays out, while at the same time, strive to achieve a balance between tradition and innovation.
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Shapira, Deborah
"A Marriage of Equals: Her Voice," Shapira, Deborah. JOFA Journal, 4:2, 2004.
Synopsis: This article presents personal accounts of brides and grooms detailing various innovations they made to their wedding ceremonies within the framework of halakha in order to make them more inclusive of women, in general, and the bride, in particular.
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Berkovits, Rahel
"Creative Additions to the Halakhic Marriage Ceremony," Berkovits, Rahel. JOFA 2nd International Conference. 1998.
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Kalb, David
"For Sharing Life-Cycle Events: Inclusive Ceremonies and Roles for Women," Kalb, David. JOFA 5th International Conference. 2004.
Synopsis: Learn about potential roles women can play in life-cycle events such as simchat bat, brit milah, bat/bar mitzvah, auf-ruf, weddings, funerals, and more. This session examines relevant texts and discusses ways to incorporate some of these new practices into everyday life.
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Linzer, Dov
"Ani L'dodi V'dodi Li: New Perspectives on Kiddushin," Linzer, Dov. JOFA 4th International Conference.
Synopsis: This session examines the nature of the Jewish wedding ceremony in historic and contemporary rabbinic texts. It deals with the issues that contemporary poskim raise with respect to a bride's participation in the wedding service and explore new rituals to insert women's voices into the traditional ceremony.
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Lookstein, Haskel
"Kol Chatan v'Kol Kalla: A Woman's Voice at the Wedding," Lookstein, Haskel. JOFA 3rd International Conference. 2000.
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