The Boston Women's Health Book Collective. Our Bodies, Ourselves: A Book By and For Women. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998.

Orenstein, Rabbi Debra. Lifecycles: Jewish Women on Life Passages & Personal Milestones. Vermont: JEWISH LIGHTS Publishing, 1994.

Tarnor, Norman. A Book of Jewish Women's Prayers. New Jersey: Jason Aronson, 1995.

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Suggested Readings

Klein, Michele. A Time to Be Born: Customs and Folklore of Jewish Birth. Jewish Publication Society, 1998.

Levine, Elizabeth. A Ceremonies Sampler. Womens Institute of Continuing Jewish Education, 1991.

Roventhal, Dovid Simcha. Joyful Mother of Children : A Compilation of Prayers, Suggestions and Laws for the Jewish Expectant Family. Feldheim, 1988.

Schneider, Susan Weidman. Jewish & Female. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985.

Internet Resources

Newsgroups

• soc.culture.jewish
  
• uva.org.jewish-life
  
• soc.culture.jewish.parenting
  
• misc.kids.pregnancy
  
• soc.support.pregnancy.loss

• Parent Soup
• Parent's Place
• The ABC's of Parenting

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