Professor Gross' Book 'Challenges Prevailing Orthodoxies of American Jewish Life with Respect and Purpose'

JEWISH NEWS OF GREATER PHOENIX -- Rachel B. Gross, a professor of Jewish Studies at San Francisco State University, is willing to bet that you don’t see your purchase of a scarf from the National Museum of American Jewish History gift shop as religious practice. Ditto for a kosher-style pastrami sandwich scarfed down at Hymie’s, an afternoon spent on a Jewish genealogical website or a historical tour of Congregation Mikveh Israel.