I write these words after far too many tears shed together with bereaved families-families placed in painful and often avoidable situations simply because the right conversations did not happen ...

PITTSBURGH (Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle via JTA) — Tahara, the act of washing and purifying the deceased, is paramount to Jewish burial. So when the pandemic descended on the United States in March ...

The first time I touched a dead body was in a sanitized room inside a Dallas funeral home. I was stationed next to Ana’s toenails, with a small toothpick and a Q-tip. While firmly holding onto her ...

Moskowitz, a Broward/Palm Beach county Democrat, was joined by U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, a Miami-Dade/Collier county Republican, in citing three issues — wait times, the length of time allowed for ...

Ahead of the return of the bodies of the four slain hostages on Thursday, and four more next week, much focus has been on where and how they will be identified. But aside from the forensics, there has ...

GLADWYNE, Pa. (CBS) — The Har Hasetim in Gladwyne was founded by several Jewish burial societies in the 1890s and had its last burial in 1945. Now, people are working to conserve the cemetery and ...

The plaintiffs say the policy to lower the casket only after mourners' leave has been discriminatorily enforced against Jewish mourners.

I write these words after far too many tears have been shed together with bereaved families—families placed in painful and often avoidable situations simply because the right conversations did not ...

After suspending the traditional practice of Taharah during the pandemic, New Community Chevra Kadisha is finding a way to reclaim ritual on the other side. PITTSBURGH (Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle via ...