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Culture The Jewish women who kept Confederate graves from disappearing
In Virginia, they cared for the graves of Jewish Confederate soldiers — turning burial, not ideology, into an act of obligation and memory
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Culture Why small town Jews buried their dead in big cities — and what those journeys reveal today
Funeral trains linked isolated Jews to larger communities, revealing how belonging could stretch across counties, rail lines, and faiths
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Culture How one man’s burial brought Jews and Christians together — and what it still teaches 120 years later
The 1915 service for Harris Cohn revealed something timeless about American religion: that devotion, in any language, can be shared
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BINTEL BRIEF Can an interfaith couple be buried together in a Jewish cemetery?
Bintel says it can be done — but it depends on who’s in charge of the rules
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Culture What I learned about life from preparing the dead
As a convert, I joined a chevra kadisha. It taught me that Jewish rituals aren’t only about death — they’re about how we live, remember, and honor one another
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BINTEL BRIEF I prepare bodies as part of a synagogue’s burial society, but I’m an anti-Zionist. Is that OK?
A woman wonders if the fact that the dead she washes and prepares would consent to be touched by someone with her politics
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Culture How should you tell someone that a loved one died? Judaism offers an answer.
Judaism teaches us that in the hardest moments, presence and clear communication can bring comfort. Here’s what we can learn from Jewish tradition when bearing bad news.
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Film & TV In a Stephen King story, a Jewish meditation on how to live a rewarding life
In ‘Life of Chuck,' one man chooses his own destiny despite being haunted by death
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