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Culture There wasn’t a Jewish grief group in Boston for young adults, so this rabbi started one
Bereaved Jews in their 20s and 30s had few options until Jackson Mercer founded 'The Worst Club Ever’
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Fast Forward From Shabbat dinners to ‘Talmudic discourse’: Jewish women killed in NYC shooting leave legacies of faith and family
Wesley LePatner and Julia Hyman were members of New York’s Jewish community
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Fast Forward As news of Bibas deaths sinks in, orange becomes color of Jewish grief
The redheaded Bibas boys, Ariel and Kfir, had come to symbolize national anguish after they were taken hostage on Oct. 7
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Opinion After 15 months of war, Israelis are all scaffolding, helping hold each other up
I went to comfort a slain soldier’s father and came away with a lesson in community
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FIRST PERSON The Game of Life: After my dad died, my neighbors planted a memorial garden
Now I just wish I could ask him if the daisy will ever bloom and whether the aster needs more space
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Opinion Thanks to his mother, we are all sitting shiva for Hersh Goldberg-Polin
For 330 days, Hersh became a brother, son and friend to us through the tireless advocacy of Rachel Goldberg-Polin
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Opinion Tisha B’Av is a holiday about grief. Can it still be meaningful after Oct. 7?
For the first time in my life, I fear our communal grief has grown too great to bear
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Fast Forward Father and son suspects in Bondi Beach Hanukkah attack identified as Sajid and Naveed Akram by law enforcement
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