Funeral services are being held Tuesday for Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz and brothers Cecil and David Rosenthal, all victims of Saturday's shooting rampage at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. Among ...

The original practice in Ashkenazi communities was that each mourners’ Kaddish in the prayer service is recited by one person only. Rabbi Akiva Eger (1761-1837) was a great Talmudic mind, famous for ...

Since the brutal terrorist attack on October 7, Chesed Chaim Ve'Emet, an organization that regularly supports mourners throughout the country, has accompanied more than 700 families of civilians, ...

Kaddish – The origins of this most famous Jewish prayer are shrouded in history. Most agree that it began with the central words, “Y’hei Sh’mei Rabbah Mevorach L’Olam u’l’Almei Almaya,” or “May God’s ...

Sholem Aleichim has a wonderful story about Kaddish related in his “Railroad Stories.” (Tales that examine human nature and modernity as seen by men and women riding the trains from town to town.) A ...

Paris | A Nazi death camp survivor said Thursday he will recite a Jewish prayer in front of Paris' main Roman Catholic cathedral as part of funeral rites for Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, a convert ...

In late August, The Sisterhood launched a series examining the role of women in Jewish mourning traditions. Grieving for a loved one is fiercely personal; doing so as a woman, guided by Jewish laws ...

When Joshua Lannik, a 35-year-old teacher living in Riverdale, completed sitting shiva for his mother on March 8, he walked straight into quarantine. “Getting up from shiva consisted of me walking ...