They work with funeral directors, cemeteries, hospitals and families to ensure that the person's death and burial fits with Jewish teachings and customs. Their work often starts with visits to a ...

This is our experience. This is who we are.” In addition to choosing their own Jewish mourning rituals, Sherri Glazer created a mosaic, the concept for the design appearing to her in something ...

Millennia in the making, Jewish mourning rituals are among the most foundational aspects of the religion. Grieving Jews can expect to be comforted in their homes during the shiva period by a ...

All too often, when we enter a house of mourning, the discomfort of not knowing what to say leads to an environment of levity and distraction from the purpose of the visit.