Bar­bara Vinick is affil­i­at­ed with the Hadas­sah-Bran­deis Insti­tute at Bran­deis Uni­ver­si­ty, where she has stud­ied gen­dered rit­u­als in Jew­ish com­mu­ni­ties world­wide. She is a coed­i­tor of Today I Am a Woman: Sto­ries of Bat Mitz­vah around the World.