Borrow and lend: social exchange and the gemach
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Shai, Donna
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2008
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This article focuses on a Jewish lending organization known as the<em>gemach.</em>The<em>gemach</em>, most often found among Orthodox Jews, provides a mechanism to share and circulate a wide variety of items including ritual objects, clothing, furniture, cell phones, computers, and EZ Pass stickers. Participation in a<em>gemach</em>allows members to practice religious ideals of compassion for others, to share resources, and to recycle items no longer needed in a meaningful way. The reasons for the growing practice of the<em>gemach</em>and some of its problems are discussed.
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Shai, Donna. (2008), Borrow and lend: social exchange and the gemach. Journal of Religion & Society, 10.
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Rabbi Myer and Dorothy Kripke Center, Creighton University
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1522-5658