I don’t belong to a synagogue. Can I be buried in a Jewish cemetery?
Bintel advises a reader who feels shut out of Jewish life — and Jewish death
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Fast Forward Bereaved Israeli families may now add traditional phrase ‘May God avenge his blood’ to soldiers’ gravestones
The expression, in Jewish tradition, has historically been appended to the names of Jews killed for being Jewish
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News In Israel, a new habit: Attending funerals of fallen soldiers you do not know
“There’s an aspect of death in Israel that is communal”
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News ‘Jewish enough to be murdered,’ but not buried in a Jewish cemetery
The rabbis in charge do not consider some victims of Oct. 7 Jewish — even though their families do
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News A synagogue plans to sue a cemetery that rejects its burial practices
Members of Congregation Beth Jacob in Atlanta have said a rule barring temporary grave markers defies Jewish law
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News More and more Jews are choosing cremation. These rabbis aren’t happy about it.
According to one rabbi’s estimate, about half of American Jews are choosing cremation
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News Jewish law forbids human composting, but for some Jews it’s the way to go
New York state could soon legalize the practice, which proponents tout as an ecologically responsible choice
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News They lost pregnancies or infants. Now, Israeli parents want access to burials that have long been secret
JERUSALEM – Ten years ago, Aliza and Netanel Fenichel and their young children were in a car accident. Aliza, who was 25 weeks pregnant and badly injured, underwent an emergency cesarean section to save her life, and her unborn son’s. The boy weighed about a pound and a half and died the same day. “When…
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