kaddish

Ideas

Saying Kaddish helped me mourn my father. During the pandemic, it helped me build a community.

While our online kaddish minyan is a place where we talk openly about death, it is also a place of comfort, and not only for the mourners.

By Daniela Gerson November 1, 2020 8:00 am

Ideas

You don’t need Zoom or Skype to say Kaddish without a minyan. Here’s a healthier option for the community.

Some rabbis are encouraging internet-based solutions to hold us over, but a campus rabbi writes that those solutions could come with a significant cost.

March 25, 2020 5:55 pm

Conservative movement leaders say virtual minyans are permissible during ‘crisis situation’

The co-chairs of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards said that given the current public health crisis it’s permitted to constitute a prayer quorum, or minyan, with individuals connected by videoconference.

March 18, 2020 11:31 am