Jewish burial

For Jewish burial societies, Surfside building collapse presents a grim and complex task

“Once there is retrieval of the body they can proceed to go on the mourner’s path,” said one rabbi who ran a support group for families of 9/11 victims.

Ideas

Ruth Bader Ginsburg balanced being American and Jewish — her delayed funeral is no exception

The venerated justice cherished two identities — being an American and being a Jew — even when they failed to easily harmonize.

Zoom Kaddish and virtual ‘guarding’: How Jews are adapting burial rituals to mourn Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Jews who are grieving for Ginsburg are adapting Jewish mourning and burial rituals for the moment.

A picture of Herbert Max Fraenkel that a team of volunteers studying his ancestry found in January at him home in London, UK. (Courtesy of The Jewish News)

Global

London city worker secures Jewish funeral for 95-year-old man who died alone

Ideas

Burial societies and funeral homes are overwhelmed. Cremation isn’t the solution.

Ideas

What it’s like to officiate a funeral in the time of social distancing

Israel

Squeezed for burial space, Jerusalem prepares to open an underground city of the dead

Ideas

What preparing a Jewish body for burial is really like

Lifestyle

Why some American Jews pay more than $20,000 to get buried in Israel

United States

Orthodox-run cemetery OKs area for cremated remains, burial of non-Jewish family members

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