Black text = links to be completed soon! Jewish Death Practices: Phases of Death Observance Spiritual Aspects Caskets |
Chevra Kadisha: Tahara Manuals and Procedures |
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Learning & Resources:
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Chevra Kadisha in Various Communities
Jewish Ritual Reality and Response at the End of Life | Mark A. Popovsky for the Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life - May 2007 |
Renewal synagogue in Berkeley embraces life-affirming burial ritual |
Berkeley - Chochmat HaLev - Dec 2011 |
Congregation Or Zarua |
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New Jersey Jewish News - 2003 |
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Conservative Movement - 1998 |
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Rabbi Mel Glazer talks about his experience with the Hevra Kadisha and the Conservative Movement |
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Rebutting objections to forming or joining a burial society--and practical steps on how to do so - By Rabbi Abner Weiss |
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We Do The Best We Can - Jewish Burial Societies in Small Communities in North America - Part 1 and Part 2 |
16 Interviews with Chevra Kadisha Members by Lynn Greenhough |
A Critical Reflection on the Nature of the Experience To Those Who Perform It - by Rabbi Mel Glazer |
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122 listings with contact information |
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Hevra Kadisha [Burial Society] of the Jerusalem Community v. Lionel Aryeh Kastenbaum |
Can non-Hebrew be inscribed on a tombstone in the Hevra Kadisha's cemetery? |
Burial Societies of Moroccan Jews and the Fes Jewish Cemetery |
Marc Eliany |
Ignaz Briess - 1838-1848 |