Author: Samuel C. Heilman

Judaism has long derived its identity from its sacred books. The book or scroll - rather than the image or idol - has been emblematic of Jewish fai...

Via a participant-observer approach, Synagogue Life analyzes the three essential dimensions of synagogue life: the houses of prayer, study, and ass...

In this first in-depth portrait of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel today, Samuel Heilman introduces a community that to many may seem to be the very ...

An encounter with the death of another is often an occasion when the bereaved need to be sustained in their loss, relieved of the anxiety that the ...

Has America been a place that has preserved and protected Jewish life? Is it a place in which a Jewish future is ensured? Samuel Heilman, long-time...

Via a participant-observer approach, Synagogue Life analyzes the three essential dimensions of synagogue life: the houses of prayer, study, and ass...

Judaism has long derived its identity from its sacred books. The book or scroll - rather than the image or idol - has been emblematic of Jewish fai...

An encounter with the death of another is often an occasion when the bereaved need to be sustained in their loss, relieved of the anxiety that the ...

Samuel Heilman's eloquent account of the traditional customs that are put into practice when a Jewish person dies provides both an informative anth...