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On February 24, most Jews will go...
From Moses to today, Zayin Adar affirms Judaism’s unwavering reverence for the sanctity of the human body.
  • Yael Davidowitz
From Moses to today, Zayin Adar affirms Judaism’s unwavering reverence for the sanctity of the human body.
  • Yael Davidowitz
My job as the president of the...
The Purpose and Power of Jewish Burial
  • Rabbi Chananya Kramer
The Purpose and Power of Jewish Burial
  • Rabbi Chananya Kramer

Featured Book We Love :

  • Doron Kornbluth

Featured Book We Love :

  • Doron Kornbluth

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Why Jewish burial is important – for you and the soul of the departed

  • Doron Kornbluth
  • Doron Kornbluth
  • Rabbi Jay Lyons and Dr. Jordanna Lyons
  • Rabbi Jay Lyons and Dr. Jordanna Lyons

Proper etiquette and practical advice.

  • Rabbi Efrem Goldberg
  • Rabbi Efrem Goldberg
  • Lori Palatnik and Rabbi Yaakov Palatnik
  • Lori Palatnik and Rabbi Yaakov Palatnik

A response to the legalization of human composting

  • Yael Davidowitz
  • Yael Davidowitz

Practical ideas for helping to ease someone through the mourning process

  • Aryeh Markman
  • Aryeh Markman
  • Rabbi Jay Lyons and Dr. Jordanna Lyons
  • Rabbi Jay Lyons and Dr. Jordanna Lyons

A practical, 12-point checklist to prepare for the inevitable

  • Martin Berger
  • Martin Berger

Watch and Learn

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  • Jerry Seinfeld
  • Jerry Seinfeld
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  • Charlie Harary explains the message of the Kaddish prayer
  • Charlie Harary explains the message of the Kaddish prayer
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  • Ask a Mortician
  • Ask a Mortician
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  • Testimonies from Those Who Witnessed the Horror and Lived to Tell the World
  • Testimonies from Those Who Witnessed the Horror and Lived to Tell the World
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  • Watch this before you make a decision
    * Warning - this video contains footage of an actual cremation
  • Watch this before you make a decision
    * Warning - this video contains footage of an actual cremation
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  • This raw and beautiful documentary follows a family as they experience the illness and death of their beloved mother and grandmother, highlighting the honor of Jewish afterlife care.
  • This raw and beautiful documentary follows a family as they experience the illness and death of their beloved mother and grandmother, highlighting the honor of Jewish afterlife care.
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  • Six Jews. Six families who chose burial.
  • Six Jews. Six families who chose burial.
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  • Based on Cremation or Burial? A Jewish View by Doron Kornbluth
  • Based on Cremation or Burial? A Jewish View by Doron Kornbluth

Books We Love

  • Remember My Soul: What to do in memory of a loved one
  • Seven Conversations with Jerry A book about the human soul, bereavement, and the afterlife
  • Afterlife: The Jewish View
  • The Jewish Way in Death and Mourning
  • The Mourner’s Companion

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The Jewish Belief in Resurrection of the Dead

  • Sara Arno
  • Sara Arno

A practical, 12-point checklist to prepare for the inevitable

  • Martin Berger
  • Martin Berger
  • Rabbi Jay Lyons and Dr. Jordanna Lyons
  • Rabbi Jay Lyons and Dr. Jordanna Lyons

Practical ideas for helping to ease someone through the mourning process

  • Aryeh Markman
  • Aryeh Markman

A response to the legalization of human composting

  • Yael Davidowitz
  • Yael Davidowitz

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