A Cross-Cultural Video Study of Immigrant Women's Ritual Focusing on the Jewish Sabbath

FAIN: GY-10613-78

Diane Winston
Unaffiliated independent scholar

To film a documentary exploring the role of ritual in the lives of women in various stages of transition between traditional cultures and secular American society. How women preserve traditional cultural practices in the context of American life will be investigated; informants will be from Persian, Syrian and Eastern European Jewish communities in New York City.