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Weddings and Funerals: Rites and Wrongs in a Shrunken World

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Weddings and Funerals: Rites and Wrongs in a Shrunken World
Rabbi Meir Rosenboim (L) of the Premishlan Hasidic dynasty dance in front of his daughter Hana Ritza during the Mitzvah Tantz, a Hasidic custom is which the men dance before the bride on the wedding night, on Dec. 9, 2019 after a wedding feast in the Israeli religious city of Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv. Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images
Paul Adams
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When people exclaim how small the world has become, they’re usually noting how short a time it takes to travel from one part of it to another. A journey that used to last months or years now takes a single day.

Paul Adams
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Paul Adams is a professor emeritus of social work at the University of Hawai‘i, and was professor and associate dean of academic affairs at Case Western Reserve University. He is the co-author of "Social Justice Isn’t What You Think It Is," and has written extensively on social welfare policy and professional and virtue ethics.
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