LEADER 04013nam 22006134 450 001 9910812152503321 005 20140424123746.0 010 $a0-8223-2601-9 010 $a0-8223-7820-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9780822378204 035 $a(CKB)3710000000120664 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3007827 035 $a(OCoLC)1140714672 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse79452 035 $a878059613 035 $a(DE-B1597)554646 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780822378204 035 $a(OCoLC)755009264 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000120664 100 $a20140424d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aReproducing Jews $ea cultural account of assisted conception in Israel /$fSusan Martha Kahn 210 1$aDurham :$cDuke University Press,$d2000. 215 $a1 online resource (239 pages) 225 1 $aBody, commodity, text 311 $a1-306-85014-2 311 $a0-8223-2598-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [217]-222) and index. 327 $t"The time arrived but the father didn't": A New Continuum of Israeli Conception --$tNot Mamzers: The Legislation of Reproduction and the "Issue" of Unmarried Women --$tJewish and Gentile Sperm: Rabbinic Discourse on Sperm and Paternal Relatedness --$tEggs and Wombs: The Origins of Jewishness --$tMultiple Mothers: Surrogacy and the Location of Maternity --$tConsequences for Kinship --$tConclusion: Reproducing Jews and Beyond. 330 $aThere are more fertility clinics per capita in Israel than in any other country in the world and Israel has the world's highest per capita rate of in-vitro fertilization procedures. Fertility treatments are fully subsidized by Israeli national health insurance and are available to all Israelis, regardless of religion or marital status. These phenomena are not the result of unusually high rates of infertility in Israel but reflect the centrality of reproduction in Judaism and Jewish culture.In this ethnographic study of the new reproductive technologies in Israel, Susan Martha Kahn explores the cultural meanings and contemporary rabbinic responses to artificial insemination, in-vitro fertilization, egg donation, and surrogacy. Kahn draws on fieldwork with unmarried Israeli women who are using state-subsidized artificial insemination to get pregnant and on participant-observation in Israeli fertility clinics. Through close readings of traditional Jewish texts and careful analysis of Israeli public discourse, she explains how the Israeli embrace of new reproductive technologies has made Jewish beliefs about kinship startlingly literal. Kahn also reveals how a wide range of contemporary Israelis are using new reproductive technologies to realize their reproductive futures, from ultraorthodox infertile married couples to secular unmarried women.As the first scholarly account of assisted conception in Israel, this multisited ethnography will contribute to current anthropological debates on kinship studies. It will also interest those involved with Jewish studies. 410 0$aBody, commodity, text. 606 $aHuman reproductive technology$xLaw and legislation$zIsrael 606 $aHuman reproductive technology$xSocial aspects$zIsrael 606 $aHuman reproductive technology$xReligious aspects$xJudaism 606 $aHuman reproduction (Jewish law) 606 $aLaw$zIsrael$xJewish influences 615 0$aHuman reproductive technology$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aHuman reproductive technology$xSocial aspects 615 0$aHuman reproductive technology$xReligious aspects$xJudaism. 615 0$aHuman reproduction (Jewish law) 615 0$aLaw$xJewish influences. 676 $a306.83 676 $a306.83 700 $aKahn$b Susan Martha$f1963-$01619265 801 0$bNDD 801 1$bNDD 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812152503321 996 $aReproducing Jews$93951424 997 $aUNINA