Reproducing Jews

Author: Susan Martha Kahn
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0822325985

Reproducing Jews: A Cultural Account of Assisted Conception in Israel (Body, Commodity, Text)

There are more fertility clinics per capita in Israel than in any other country in the world and Israel has the world's highest per capita rate of in-vitro fertilization procedures. Get Reproducing Jews diet books 2013 for free.
Fertility treatments are fully subsidized by Israeli national health insurance and are available to all Israelis, regardless of religion or marital status. These phenomena are not the result of unusually high rates of infertility in Israel but reflect the centrality of reproduction in Judaism and Jewish culture.In this ethnographic study of the new reproductive technologies in Israel, Susan Martha Kahn explores the cultural meanings and contemporary rabbinic responses to artificial insemination, in-vitro fertilization, egg donation, and surrogacy. Kahn draws on fi Check Reproducing Jews our best diet books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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