Shiva: Guide To Jewish Funerals and Mourning Rituals
In a heartbreaking tribute to his son, Jamie Raskin normalizes discussion of suicide among Jews
Jewish communities have come a long way in understanding suicide. But more can be done to normalize the conversation.
Sitting Shiva for Spot?
There is no Jewish roadmap for how to properly mourn pets, nor any universal law or tradition for how to close the circle of a pet’s life.
How I Learned Shiva
Forty-one years ago, Samuel G. Freedman was sitting shiva for his mother when a surprising visitor came to call.
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?
Is Ruth Bader Ginsburg having a Jewish burial? Here’s what we know so far.
“Waiting around for a funeral feels very weird.”
Q&A: Volunteering with chevra kadisha in the era of coronavirus
“If you have the right type of Jewish burial, you’re ready for what happens to us in the afterlife.”
I always sang for my father
One of the last things on my mind was how I would say Kaddish for my father, but the more I learned about it, the more meaningful it felt.
This isn’t about the bagel, nor the seltzer man
It was the last time in now two months I’ve bought food from a store. (My dad was in the hospital for two weeks. I could not visit.)
‘Zoom shiva is shiva distilled to its essence’
Zoom shiva is all of the shiva and none of the fuss. It’s not “virtual” shiva. It is shiva. I could have used a hug, but still.
Sitting shiva via Zoom, it turns out, has its upsides
It broke my heart being apart from my sister, and we missed out on all those baked goods, but everything else … was pretty awesome.