What I learned about life from preparing the dead
As a convert, I joined a chevra kadisha. It taught me that Jewish rituals aren’t only about death — they’re about how we live, remember, and honor one another
As a convert, I joined a chevra kadisha. It taught me that Jewish rituals aren’t only about death — they’re about how we live, remember, and honor one another
A woman wonders if the fact that the dead she washes and prepares would consent to be touched by someone with her politics
Bintel asks the experts on behalf of a reader whose husband has terminal cancer
Bintel advises a reader who feels shut out of Jewish life — and Jewish death
50 volunteers will follow the intricate Jewish laws governing the preparation of a Jewish body for burial
'I could have painted landscapes,' says Karen Benioff Friedman. Instead, she's portraying the rituals around death.
The work of a Chevra Kadisha is done without promotion or fanfare, and is solely for the benefit of the deceased
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s private funeral service in the Supreme Court on Wednesday was presided over by Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt of Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C. “Justice Ginsburg, l’dor v’dor, from generation to generation,” said Holtzblatt. She also sang Psalm 23 in Hebrew. Rabbi Holtzblatt’s husband, Ari, was a clerk to Justice Ginsburg in…
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