Introduction What's In a Name? Names and Us - Individual and Collective Identity Names as Statements of Parental Identity The Zionist Approach to Names Summing Up the Name Game: Names, Identity and Jewish Continuity Birth Ceremonies: Celebrating Boys…and (Almost) Celebrating Girls The Cutting Edge Ceremony: Introducing the Brit Milah Separating the Elements: The Brit and the Milah Passover for the Ceremony? Those Who Oppose it and Those Who (Surprisingly) Retain it What Does It Mean? The Ceremony and Its Symbolism Personalizing the Ceremony: Parental Additions What of the Women? Birth Ceremonies for Baby Girls New-Old Rituals for Both Sexes A Final Ceremony - And a Final Challenge: Redeeming the Firstborn - Pidyon HaBen Final Words: The Power of Ritual and How to Retain It Printing Version
