JOFA JOURNAL

Birth Rituals

Spring 2012 I Nisan 5772 I Volume X, Issue 1

Articles

New Beginnings

By Judy Heicklen

Entering the Covenant of God and Israel

By Sharon R. Siegel

How Simhat Bat Got Its Name

By Giti Bendheim

From Generation to Generation: Simhat Bat Comes of Age

By Joseph C. Kaplan

Women’s Participation in a Brit Milah Ceremony: Kayeim et Hayeled Hazeh Le’aviv U-le’imo

By Nathanial Helfgot

Brit Milah: A Daughter’s Perspective

By Yardaena Osband

Zeved Habat

By Anat Sharbat

On Being a Sandakit

By Belda Lindenbaum

What Do We Name the Baby?

By Gigi Yellen-Kohn

Welcoming an Adopted Child

By Adena K. Berkowitz and Rivka Haut

A Single Mother by Choice Approaches Brit

By Dvori Ross

Want to Learn More? Resources on Birth Rituals

Searching Our Past: Who Was the Ba’alat haBrit and What Did She Do?

By Elisheva Baumgarten

T’khine for a Woman Experiencing Infertility

By Renee S. Septimus

T’khine to Be Said by a New Mother Prior to Her Son’s Bris

By Renee S. Septimus
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Book Corner

A Daughter’s Recitation of Mourner’s Kaddish

By Rahel Berkovits
Reviewed By Israel Drazin

The Men’s Section: Orthodox Jewish Men in an Egalitarian World

By Elana Maryles Sztokman
Reviewed By Rachel Lieberman

The How and Why of Jewish Prayer

By Israel Rubin
Reviewed By Roselyn Bell

Oceans Apart: A Guide to Maintaining Family Ties at a Distance

By Rochel U. Berman
Reviewed By Roselyn Bell
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A Publication of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance
Volume X – Issue 1
Spring 2012–Nisan 5772

Editor:
Roselyn Bell

President:
Judy Heicklen

Past President:
Carol Kaufman Newman

Founding President:
Blu Greenberg

Executive Director Emerita:
Robin Bodner

Editorial Committee:
Allie Alperovich
Sharon Baker
Carolyn Hochstadter Dicker
Israel Drazin
Rachel Kohl Finegold
Viva Hammer
Karen Miller Jackson
Carol Kaufman Newman
Pam Scheininger
Zelda Stern

Publications Consultant:
Deborah Wenger

Graphic Designer:
Adam Rawson

Founding Donors:
Belda and Marcel Lindenbaum
Jewish Life Network/
Steinhardt Foundation
The Harry Stern Family Foundation,
Zelda R. Stern