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On February 17, Rachel B. Gross, Ph.D., will speak at 5:00 p.m. in Katherine Albertson International Center 106. She will be discussing her recently published book, “Beyond the Synagogue: Jewish Nostalgia as Religious Practice.” ....
Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, A woman with a tallit. Jewish traditional religious practice is fading among new generations of American Jews, according to the findings from the Pew Research Center s 2021 study on American Judaism. (Photo: Yochi Rappeport via Wikimedia Commons/Creative Commons) JTA In Sheldon Oberman’s children’s book “The Always Prayer Shawl,” a grandfather passes on his tallit to his grandson along with the sage advice, “Some things change and some things don’t.” At public readings, Oberman wore his grandfather’s tallit, which had inspired the story. When a non-Jewish author told him that she wished she could tell stories the way he did, he placed the tallit on her sho ....