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, ...

“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 ...

Its spelling has befuddled many. The range includes a dozen variations, including “Chevra Teelem,” “Hevera Tillem” and “Chevra Thelim.” The proper name of the Jewish Museum and Cultural Center, a ...

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A few short years ago I was afraid of death. It’s not that I was afraid I was going to die any time soon; it’s just that I was afraid of anything having to do with death. I avoided people who’d had a ...

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A group of young and idealistic immigrants recently purchased the land and hope to turn it into an ecological farm and center for education and wellness. A lush tract of land in Israel’s North has an ...

Discussions around the creation of the burial society helped spark growing interest among Reform Jews in Jewish ritual burial and other end-of-life issues. When members of the year-old Reform Communal ...

Borough Park’s Jewish community is mourning the loss of the neighborhood’s first and oldest surviving synagogue after developers tore down the historic building last week. The 122-year-old Chevra ...