This is the Forward’s coverage of the kaddish, a prayer said by Jews in synagogue as part of the daily ritual.
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Oct. 7: One Year Later Years before Oct. 7, Leonard Cohen wrote a song that anticipated its darkness
A close-reading of Cohen's 'You Want It Darker' in a post-Oct. 7 world
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Opinion Must I say kaddish for my abusive father?
I had prayed to God for help. Now, for the first time, I could pray to God from my synagogue.
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Looking Forward What I learned saying kaddish at a Ramadan break-fast
Out of all the places I've said kaddish, online and in-person, this was one of the more meaningful
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FIRST PERSON I was saying kaddish without mourning — until a song opened my heart
My mother prayed to the angels daily to keep me safe. Hearing that prayer again helped me grieve her loss
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First Person How I rustled up a minyan to say kaddish on Capitol Hill
As the Democrats’ chief deputy whip, Rep. Deborah Wasserman Schultz herds her colleagues for key votes. So I figured she could rustle up nine Jews.
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Community ‘Let us consider this woman’: Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg
This is the message I shared with my congregation during this past weekend’s Rosh Hashanah services, before we said the mourner’s Kaddish for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and from the Congress floor today. We have to resist what may be our first impulse over the loss of Justice Ginsburg – the political horror of it….
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Community I always sang for my father
My father, a fan of life, music and his home state politician Joe Biden, died soon after the first case of Covid-19 was reported in Delaware — although fortunately not of Covid-19. He was felled by “natural causes,”also known as the physical vicissitudes of old age. Dad’s death was not unexpected, but because of the…
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Opinion The Jewish Prayer That Guided – And Defined – Our Coverage Of The Pittsburgh Massacre
A writer searches for the right language to mourn those slain in the Pittsburgh synagogue
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