A rabbi who has performed hundreds of funeral writes that the answer speaks not only to how we honor the dead, but to what we ...

The court ruled that the woman was not competent to make decisions regarding her body or inheritance, invalidating the will ...

Jewish burial is a mitzvah ... who "sit shiva," a process that involves several customs. This, however, raises questions of how the process of shiva works if the date of death is unknown or ...

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 dying person. When the person dies they will ...

The rabbi who officiated at the funeral, which was paid for ... and burying people according to their customs and rituals.” JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century.

It’s a strange sight in a Jewish burial ground, where religious law says the dead must remain undisturbed in perpetuity. These newcomers are archaeology students from the University of Warsaw ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A man who has refused to give his wife a religious Jewish divorce for a decade ... ordered the delay of the burial as long as the deceased’s son withheld the divorce, or ...

French financier and author Paul-Loup Sulitzer's wish for a traditional Jewish burial was upheld after a French court ruling, ...

The burial is expected to take place today afternoon once the quorum is attained. According to Jewish customs, a quorum of ten priests Jews is required to assemble to recite the Kaddish — the ...