How does the ritualist conceptualize the educational elements of the brit milah process? Jewish e... more How does the ritualist conceptualize the educational elements of the brit milah process? Jewish educators function in diverse roles and venues. Teachers formally instruct in classroom settings, camp counselors informally teach in the bunk or dining hall and clergy teach about our Jewish tradition by carefully planning experiential education programs, preaching from the bimah (podium), chanting from the lectern and carrying on their daily activities in synagogues. In accord with an expansive vision of Jewish education, I suggest that ritualists too, through language and action, teach fundamental aspects of Jewish life as they interact with others in the context of guiding families through life-cycle events. This dissertation examines the interactions of the ritual leader or circumciser referred to as the mohel during the life-cycle rite of passage of ritual circumcision or brit milah. I examine the mohel’s educational work by describing his interactions with celebrant families and th...
How does the ritualist conceptualize the educational elements of the brit milah process? Jewish e... more How does the ritualist conceptualize the educational elements of the brit milah process? Jewish educators function in diverse roles and venues. Teachers formally instruct in classroom settings, camp counselors informally teach in the bunk or dining hall and clergy teach about our Jewish tradition by carefully planning experiential education programs, preaching from the bimah (podium), chanting from the lectern and carrying on their daily activities in synagogues. In accord with an expansive vision of Jewish education, I suggest that ritualists too, through language and action, teach fundamental aspects of Jewish life as they interact with others in the context of guiding families through life-cycle events. This dissertation examines the interactions of the ritual leader or circumciser referred to as the mohel during the life-cycle rite of passage of ritual circumcision or brit milah. I examine the mohel’s educational work by describing his interactions with celebrant families and th...
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