Shiva
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Opinion The Israeli Dee family lost three members during Passover. Why won’t they sit shiva until after the holiday?
In Jewish law, mourning and festivals do not mix
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Film & TV What would a ‘Succession’ shiva look like?
After a major character’s death on the hit HBO show, we imagined the scene at a Roy family shiva
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BINTEL BRIEF My sister cut me out of her life after our father died. How do I fix this?
Bintel says you can open the door — but you can’t make her walk through
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Theater ‘A kind of ritual’: Jessica Hecht on hosting a theatrical shiva
Hecht plays Sarah Ruhl in 'Letters from Max,' adapted from the playwright’s letters with Max Ritvo, a student who died at 25
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Looking Forward The holy and the broken — getting up after sitting shiva for my dad
Shiva is like a cocoon. But when it ends, you don't emerge a butterfly
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Culture Sophie Zucker is ready to suck face
The comedian talks to the Forward about her uncensored one-woman musical, making fun of Manhattan and being extremely Jewish onstage
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Culture Preparing Jewish bodies for burial, an artist finds inspiration
'I could have painted landscapes,' says Karen Benioff Friedman. Instead, she's portraying the rituals around death.
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News Sitting shiva for the missing: How can Jews mourn someone not confirmed to be dead?
Families whose loved ones have gone missing face an agonizing choice: Observe Jewish mourning rituals despite not knowing their fate, or hold on to distant hope
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