Mourning and Bereavement

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Website Name	Date & Author	Description
Yahrzeit		Traditions, Stories, Date Calculators and Art - 22 articles
Putting Stones on Graves		11 articles explaining the custom
Mourning	Harold Schulweis	28 poems and 21 sermons
A Time to Grieve, A Time to Teach	2008 Dr. Joshua Elkin	Eight value concepts: 1) the reality of death; 2) respect for the dead; 3) equality; 4) simplicity; 5) the venting of emotions openly and fully; 6) communal responsibility and support; 7) affirmation of life; and 8) remembrance. See the full thesis
Funerals require we find honor, dignity in everyone	September 4, 1998 Rabbai Chaim Steinmetz	There is something special, even uplifting, about funerals, ... a certain spiritual feeling pulsating underneath all the grief and pain and tears.
Jewish Customs of Mourning	1987 Rabbi Tom Louchheim	General Overview
Taking Out the Torah at a Funeral	December 30, 1999 Arlene Schuster	A new custom revived
The Jewish Life Cycle: Death	Rabbi Amy Scheinerman	Honoring the Dead and Death as a Natural Process
Good Grief	Rabbi Kenneth L. Cohen	"...if there is something miraculous about life coming into existence, certainly the same holds true for death."
Kee Tetze: On the dignity of the human body in death	September 4, 1998 Rabbi Eliezer Finkelman	In punishing criminals, in conducting funerals, in medical research
A Year and a Day: Kaddish	Ronnie Caplane	The experience of saying Kaddish
Shiva: Seven Days of Mourning	1998 Anita Diamant	Seven-day mourning period which begins immediately after the funeral is based on the Hebrew word for seven. From Saying Kaddish
Traditional mourning, burial rites focus on dignity	June 5, 1998 Lisa Klug	Overview of traditional rituals. From Blu Greenberg's 1983 book - How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household
Guide to Jewish Funeral Practice	United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
Jewish Mourning	Ahavat-Israel	Detailed overview from an Orthodox perspective
Temple Israel Ritual Committee		Description of Bereavement Support Group, "Bikur Cholim, and Funeral Arrangements
Life, Death and Mourning	From Judaism 101 - created, written and maintained by Tracey Rich.	which is similar to Judaism 101, but according to Mishneh Torah, not latter-day customs)
Giving People the Benefit of the Doubt - The Funeral	Ohr Somayach
A LusaWeb Comunidade Project		Rituals and Practices of the secret Portugal Jews
Jewish Funeral and Mourning Customs		Jewish Deaf Community Center in Southern California
The Visit	Marlene Adler Marks
Mourning Costumes and Religion		Kriah
Kaddish - Who Chants / Who Stands?		Discussion based on Talmud sources
Holidays & Observances - On Death and Mourning		Overview of traditions with biblical citations
Reclaiming the Mourner's Path	Anne Brener	Author of Mourning and Mitzvah
Unveiling of the Monument for Herman Ehudin		Drawn from numerous sources
Reclaiming Judaism as a Spiritual Practice	Rabbi Dr. Goldie Milgram	Funeral and Unveiling Prayers with a spiritual English translation
Unveiling Service from Death and Bereavement - A Halakhic Guide	Rabbi Abner Weiss