Mother's Milk: Essays on Child-Rearing, the Household, and the Making of Jewish Culture

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Deena Aranoff

Mother's Milk

Essays on Child-Rearing, the Household, and the Making of Jewish Culture

Deena Aranoff

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Indiana University Press
02 September 2025

Social & cultural history; Judaism; Jewish studies

Series: New Jewish Philosophy and Thought

This book engages with an age-old question: What accounts for the persistence of Jewish culture through the ages? Despite significant variations, how were Jewish cultural elements sustained over the millennia?

Mother's Milk: Essays on Child-Rearing, the Household, and the Making of Jewish Culture proposes that we include the earliest phases of child-rearing in the history of Jewish cultural production. Author Deena Aranoff argues that some of the most enduring aspects of Jewish culture are produced in the context of household and family relations.

Mother's Milk examines how Jewish practices, including rabbinic halakhah, are derived from household custom and unfold within the context of family life. Aranoff proposes a revised genealogy of Jewish culture that emphasizes the interplay between everyday life and formal Jewish practice.

By: Deena Aranoff
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9780253073709
ISBN 10: 0253073707
Series: New Jewish Philosophy and Thought
Pages: 172
Publication Date: 02 September 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgments Introduction: The Trifold Cord 1. Mother as Cultural Matrix 2. Household and Halakhah: A Genealogy of Jewish Practice 3. Conversas and Culture 4. Constant Matters Conclusion: The Path of Hillel Notes Bibliography Index

Deena Aranoff teaches Jewish history, culture, and mysticism at the Center for Jewish Studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA. She also serves as a scholar at Wexner Heritage Foundation programs throughout the United States.