I prepare bodies as part of a synagogue’s burial society, but I’m an anti-Zionist. Is that OK?
A woman wonders if the fact that the dead she washes and prepares would consent to be touched by someone with her politics
A woman wonders if the fact that the dead she washes and prepares would consent to be touched by someone with her politics
Sarah Milgrim’s funeral took place in the same synagogue where she marked her bat mitzvah
The biblical Abraham and Joseph offer inspiration — as does a mystical tradition
Americans have long mourned their animals. Judaism doesn’t give us a script — so we write our own
They died two weeks apart and their military funeral was months in the making
The words we share also serve as a source of strength for the person as they make the journey from this world to the next
“There’s an aspect of death in Israel that is communal”
Jewish mourning rituals offer a deeply rooted structure to guide a grieving family. And sometimes there's a cat, too
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