Mourning Archives

Jewish Death & Mourning: Anita Diamant Answers Your Questions

By Rabbi Robyn Frisch

Jewish death and mourning rituals can be incredibly comforting, whether you are mourning the loss of someone...

Death, Death & Mourning, Funeral, Jewish Mourning Rituals, Mourning, Shiva

How to Host a Virtual Shiva

By Rabbi Robyn Frisch

After the funeral of a loved one, Jewish families traditionally “sit shiva.” Sitting shiva gives the mourners...

Death, Jewish Mourning Rituals, Mourning, Shiva

Booklet: Mourning the Loss of a Jewish Loved One

By 18Doors

If you have just lost a Jewish loved one, we hope this booklet will help guide you through the decisions that...

Booklets, Death, Death & Mourning Toolbox, Mourning

Listening to Christian Spirituals at the Jewish Cemetery

By Jessie Boatright

On my mom’s birthday last week, I left the house to go to the cemetery first thing. Being there, walking in...

Death & Mourning, Death & Mourning Stories, Mourning, Parenting

Why I am Not Hiding After Orlando

By Rabbi Malka Packer-Monroe

Rabbi Malka (left) at a Black Lives Matter rally in Atlanta My face lit up as we entered the room full of glittery...

Death, Death & Mourning, Identity, LGBTQ, Mourning

Jewish Mourning: A Lesson for My Newborn

By Anna Keller

When I was 8 years old I had a good friend who lived around the corner from me. His name was Nachshon. We took...

Death & Mourning, Jewish Mourning Rituals, Mourning, Parenting, Parenting Stories, Shiva

A Jewish Guide to Shiva Practices and Helping Your Friend in Mourning

By Lindsey Silken

When a friend or loved one experiences loss, it can be hard to know how to support them. If that loved one is...

Death, Death & Mourning, Jewish Mourning Rituals, Mourning, Shiva

One Thing We Can’t Control

By Rabbi Malka Packer-Monroe

Rabbi Malka (right) with her grandmother, Harriet My Grandma Harriet died a few weeks ago, at the age of 95....

Death, Death & Mourning, Grandparents, Mourning

Yahrzeit: An Expression of my Daughterhood

By Jessie Boatright

Last week was my mother’s yahrzeit, the observance of the anniversary of her death. For someone who wasn’t raised...

Death & Mourning, Mourning

Mourning, Consolation and Joy

By Jessie Boatright

The night before I left for my family vacation, I paid a shiva call to a friend who had just lost her sister....

Mourning, Parenting, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

This is Strength

By Lindsey Silken

My grandmother. Photo by Cory Silken My grandmother was a force to be reckoned with. Smart as a whip and made...

Death & Mourning, Mourning

Remembering My Mother

By Edmund Case

My mother, Beatrice Case, died one week ago, on March 16, 2014. She was 95 and had been remarkably healthy until...

Death, Death & Mourning, Mourning

Guide to Death and Mourning for Interfaith Families

By 18Doors

Many people come to InterfaithFamily to learn about Jewish death and mourning practices. If you are in an interfaith...

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The Principle of Honoring the Divine Image in the Human Body

By 18Doors

Return to Guide to Death and Mourning for Interfaith Families Jewish death and mourning practices are based...

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