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Jewish Death Practices:
Overview / Summary
Origins and History
Visiting the Sick or Dying 
Chaplaincy
Hospice

Phases of Death Observance
    Approaching the Time of Death
    Between Death and Burial
    Shemira
    Tahara
    Burial and Cremation 
    Mourning Practices

Spiritual Aspects
Funeral Homes
Funeral Contracts
Cemeteries
Embalming 

Caskets


Chevra Kadisha:
Articles about Chevra Kadisha

Tahara Manuals and Procedures
Tahara Training
Tahara Stories
Tahara Supplies Lists
Funeral Home Supplies

Suicide

Organ Donation

Disasters

Infection Control

 

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FAQ About Death and Dying
Modern Dilemmas
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Jewish Sources and  Responsa
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Community Education

Non-Jewish Burial

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North America

Israel
Responsa Concerning Jewish Burial of a Convert - Rabbi Dr. B. Illowy - 1856 Burial [in Israel]

Jewish Burial and Mourning Practice for Non-Jewish Relatives - Rabbi Paul J. Citrin - June 2001

 The Burial of Non-Jews in a Jewish Cemetery - Rabbi David Golinkin
Is it permissible to dedicate a yahrzeit plaque in the synagogue sanctuary for a non-Jewish relative? Rabbi Joel Wasser In Israel, non-Orthodox Jews get few funeral, burial options
Jewish Section of the Columbia [MO] Cemetery - Scott D. Latman To Live and Die as Jews - Jonathan Rosenblum - Jerusalem Post - June 8, 2001
Can Jews and Non-Jews be buried together?  

Can some non-Jews - such as intermarried - be buried in Jewish cemeteries?

  
What are the Jewish funeral and mourning practices?  

Intermarriage poses challenges even at the end of life

Marilyn Silverstein 9/7/2000		  
Dying to Know the Answers - Gil Mann