As a literary device, the chevra kadisha, or burial society, has little precedent. The words mean, literally, holy society. The chevra kadisha is the group of people that performs, among other duties, ...
Men’s Chevra Kadisha Leadership Conference. The sacred work of Chevros Kadisha is among the most humble and quietly performed ...
“This is a universal thing that everybody goes through,” Rabbi Stan Levy emphasized during the 10th North American Chevra Kadisha and Jewish Cemetery Conference, a three-day event last month at ...
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When members of the year-old Reform Communal Chevra Kadisha of New York complete their work preparing a Jewish body for burial, they take a few minutes to stand together around the closed coffin.
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 ...
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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 ...
The facility where bodies of soldiers are housed while in the identification process, at the IDF SHURA base in Ramla. (IDF Spokesman’s Office) A person who has passed away can never personally repay ...
Separate the signal from the noise about antisemitism and understand current debates over Jewish safety. Sign up for the Antisemitism Decoded newsletter today. I first joined a Jewish burial society, ...
Malkiel “Kiki” Nadel traded a lucrative job in the financial field to head The Chevra, a nonprofit group in Philadelphia whose mission is to bring young professionals and grad students together to ...