Shiva
How To Help Your Parents Through The 5 Stages Of Garrison Keillor Grief
Suffice it to say, Garrison Keillor fans are feeling a bit ‘woebegone’
I Was A Pregnant Military Widow. I Feel Myeshia Johnson’s Pain — And Her Need For Space.
I was 23 and pregnant when I lost my husband in the Six Day War. Jewish mourning rites gave me the space I needed.
When A Shiva Is Cut Short
The Jewish period of mourning, shiva, is typically one week long — unless it overlaps with a Jewish holiday. What were the rabbis thinking?
FBI Agent: Bureau Is ‘Sitting Shiva’ After Comey’s Firing
Some FBI agents feel like they’re sitting shiva - performing the Jewish grieving process - for ex-director James Comey.
What the Death of My Mother Taught Me About Charedi Jews and Arab Israelis
This very mixture and the challenges it presents are the backbone of this miracle of a state, the fire behind its vibrant engines. And that is precisely what the headlines are sorely overlooking.
Creating a Minyan of Comfort
Through the Minyan of Comfort program, men and women are learning how to lead the Jewish service of mourning and help better serve the bereaved.
'Transparent' Is Back — and It's as Good (and Jewish) as Ever
When we last left ‘Transparent’’s Pfefferman clan, they were scavenging the leftovers at a shiva. Now, at the start of the show’s second season, we rejoin them at a wedding.
How I Learned Shiva
Forty-one years ago, Samuel G. Freedman was sitting shiva for his mother when a surprising visitor came to call. But it was only much later that he learned what that shiva call meant and why it mattered.
Patriots Owner Robert Kraft Pays Shiva Call on Parents of Ezra Schwartz
Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, paid a shiva visit to the family of slain American yeshiva student Ezra Schwartz.
Don't Invite These 'Difficult People' To Your Funeral
Amy Poehler may play Joy in Pixar’s ‘Inside Out,’ but there’s nothing happy about the teaser for her new show, ‘Difficult People.’
