Shiva
The Latest
-
Politics Despair is not a strategy. Here are 4 things those mourning the election results can do right now.
‘Originally, there was no path, yet as people walked all the time in the same direction, a way appeared’
-
Culture Do Jews believe in the afterlife?
A rabbi explains how Jewish mysticism teaches that the soul is ever-present and hovering over its living relatives
-
BINTEL BRIEF Can you be buried in a Jewish cemetery if you die by medically assisted suicide?
Bintel asks the experts on behalf of a reader whose husband has terminal cancer
-
BINTEL BRIEF This father is fed up with his anti-Zionist kid — and they’re not even Jewish
Bintel says please don't be like Tevye, who sat shiva for his living daughter
-
Oct. 7: One Year Later One year after Oct. 7, a Yom Kippur ritual of communal mourning takes on fresh meaning
Rabbis and liturgists are trying to find ways to honor personal loss and communal grief during Yizkor, the traditional memorial service
-
Opinion Jewish mourning rituals are not enough for Oct. 7, because our loss is ongoing
On this communal yahrtzeit, we must find a path forward even as we remember the pain
-
Culture The mystical reason why Jews put rocks on top of gravestones
When someone dies, their legacy lives on in those who remember them
-
FIRST PERSON The Game of Life: After my dad died, my neighbors planted a memorial garden
Now I just wish I could ask him if the daisy will ever bloom and whether the aster needs more space
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Opinion Israel is becoming a pariah state. Here’s what American Jews must do.
- 2
Fast Forward Ye debuts ‘Heil Hitler’ music video that includes a sample of a Hitler speech
- 3
Culture On the northwest side of Chicago, my old Jewish neighborhood may soon live on in infamy
- 4
Opinion The two things I fear most after the horrifying attack on Jews in Boulder
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward ‘I’m a Zionist,’ rapper Azealia Banks declares in latest tweet spree
-
Fast Forward Gaza aid distribution effort revamped amid chaos, killings and confusion
-
Fast Forward Boulder’s ‘very shocked and very traumatized’ Jewish community takes stock of its losses, and its strength
-
Fast Forward Democrats vying for NYC mayor show rare unity against Trump crackdown on universities
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
