Shiva: Guide To Jewish Funerals and Mourning Rituals
Pittsburgh Victims Were Part Of Jewish Group That Prepares Dead For Burial
The Forward takes a look at a tradition thousands of years old following Saturday’s synagogue shooting.
I Don’t Believe In Prayer — Yet I Say ‘Yizkor’ Every Year
Yizkor is more than yarzheit candles and kaddish — it’s an exercise in active memory.
Jewish Death Maven Hosts ‘FUN-eral’ Parties, Celebrating Death
We are just as intrigued as you are.
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?
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.
How To Say Kaddish For Your Father in 7 Different Cities
Traveling on a three-week East Coast road trip, Rob Kutner endeavors to find a minyan in seven different cities to pay tribute to his father.
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.
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.
Mourning? Have Some Kugel.
When Tal Trachtman Alroy experienced a death in the family, she came to understand firsthand that for Jews, empathy is often expressed through food.
When Yom Kippur Prayers Don't Help Grieving
If you are mourning, some Yom Kippur prayers can be unhelpful, and even hurtful. That’s according to feminist liturgist Marcia Falk and her new book.
