Remix Judaism

Roberta Rosenthal Kwall is the Raymond P. Niro Professor at DePaul University College of Law. She earned her JD from the University of Pennsylvania, an MA in Jewish Studies and a BA in American Studies and Religion. Kwall is the author of The Myth of the Cultural Jew: Culture and Law in Jewish Tradition (OUP, 2015) and The Soul of Creativity (Stanford UP, 2010). Her OpEds and articles on topics of relevance to the Jewish community have appeared in The Chicago Tribune, JTA, Commentary, The Forward, The Jewish Journal, The Jewish Week and Jewish Philanthropy.

• Table of Contents Preface by Roberta Rosenthal KwallAcknowledgements Introduction: Why Remix MattersChapter One: A Celebration of Shabbat and Holiday TraditionChapter Two: Food: A Recipe For Remix Chapter Three: Marriage and Family Chapter Four: Children’s Jewish Education and the B’nai Mitzvah Experience Chapter Five: The Grandparent Factor: Life Stage MattersChapter Six: Tikkun Olam: Judaism’s Most Celebrated Remix?Chapter Seven: Remix and the Power of Jewish MourningEpilogueBibliography

. . . a helpful and innovative framework for those thinking about how American Judaism can survive and flourish. [Kwall] succeeds from the off at achieving her stated goal of introducing the “teachings and practices of the Jewish tradition in a way that comports with the sensibilities of Jews who are not, and likely never will be, observant by conventional measures.