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Mayyim Hayyim is building a resource library for the use of our visitors. Library materials must be used here at Mayyim Hayyim. Housed in the Education Center, our library currently contains a set of Encyclopedia Judaica as well as books, magazine articles and information pertaining to a variety of subjects related to mikveh including:

• Women and Judaism

• Spiritual Healing

• Conversion/Outreach

• Laws of Ritual Purity

• Personal Loss

• Fertility and Pregnancy

Our online library of articles about mikveh may help you learn more about Mayyim Hayyim and the ritual of mikveh. These represent just a few of the articles, collected from a variety of sources that are part of our library.

• Feminist Jews Revive Ritual bath for Women by Tovia Smith NPR July 2006

• Total Immersion by Deborah Fineblum Raub HADASSAH MAGAZINE May 2006

• Liberal Men Take the Plunge into Ritual Immersion, Slowly by Sue Fishkoff JTA June 2006

• Rethinking the Meaning of Mikveh by Jennifer Siegel, FORWARD 5/12/2006

• Mikveh in Their Own Image: Liberal Jews Seek to Recast the Ritual for Modern Times by Debra Nussbaum Cohen JEWISH WEEK July 2006

• Bringing to Life the Waters of Miriam, by Elaine Zecher

• Conservative Mikveh Movement Coming of Age: The growth of the conservative Mikveh Movement, by Diana StevensEditorial by Saul Singer, Jerusalem Post , Jan 2005

• In at the Deep End:  Immersion and Affirmation of Jewish Identity - A Personal Account, by David Dunn BauerJudaism:  The First Day, by Terri Himes

• Liberal Men Take the Plunge into Ritual Immersion, Slowly JTA June 2006

• Living Waters, by Rabbi Susan P. Fendrick

• Mayyim, by Pam MacArthur

• A Mikveh Conversion Story

• My Mikveh Lady, by Toby Klein Greenwald

• A Place for a Ritual Cleansing of All Jews, New York Times, July 2004

• A Clean Start, The Boston Globe, June 2004

• Finding 'Something for Everyone' in the Mikvah, The Forward, May 2004

• A Very Ancient But New Thing, The Jewish Week, November 2003

• Personal Story, April 2000 Total Immersion, Toronto Life, November 1997

• The Mikveh Makes a Comeback, JTS Magazine, 1995

In addition, a number of links to websites that address issues of interest to Mayyim Hayyim and mikveh users are available below:

• www.yoatzot.org – a website for women based in Jerusalem. It answers questions about immersions rituals.

• www.ritualwell.org/- a source for innovative, contemporary Jewish rituals and ceremonies.

• www.interfaithfamily.com – Encouraging Jewish choices.

• www.myjewishlearning.com – A trans-denominational website of Jewish information and education geared toward learners of all ages and educational backgrounds.