Remembering a loved one through pots, pans — and pearls
A young bride inherits a set of Farberware pots and pans, and cooks up a lifetime of good meals and happy memories
A young bride inherits a set of Farberware pots and pans, and cooks up a lifetime of good meals and happy memories
Jewish mourning is all about community. That made the process more extraordinary, and more painful
Jews are far from the only group to practice consecutive days of prayer and mourning following a death
Some advice: "Find the memory you'd like to bring to the occasion."
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…
As I peer down at her cotton-puff head, my sense of guilt sets in. Peeps, my bichon frise associate, has just taken a cocktail of three different medicines meant to keep her ticker ticking. Her eyes water, and her mouth turns downward, quivering slightly. It’s obvious she is not digging this new regimen. At 13,…
Shiva, the traditional Jewish mourning period for close relatives, is normally seven days long. It makes sense that shiva should be seven days. Seven (shiva in Hebrew) is a number with special significance in Judaism. The seven-branched menorah, a symbol of Judaism since ancient times. The seven times a bride circles the groom at the…
Twitter users who applied seemingly Christian terminology and concepts to the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg came under fire over the weekend, as Jewish internet users and their allies struggled to process the death of the Jewish Supreme Court justice. Some questioned the use of the term “RIP,” which is used in many Christian services…
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