Mourn

Thank You for Sharing Sam

It was one of those nights. I could not sleep at all. Sadness and worries crowded in. I went to ...

My colleagues Joshua Ratner and Alana Suskin have offered their perspectives on kids trick or treating, and generally engaging (or ...

Below, Rabbi Alana Suskin explains why her family doesn’t trick-or-treat. To hear from another Jewish mom with a different perspective, ...

A week ago, a woman named Deb took her life in New Jersey. I learned about her death in an ...

Hoshana Rabbah is kind of a weird day – even for the Jewish calendar. It’s not really a holiday – ...

“How do I go on?” I was asked recently at a service following the death of a beautiful woman in ...

The Reform Movement's changing conception of the Messiah.

For more than a year, I’ve been working with Dr. Ron Wolfson to plan a ten-day lecture tour to visit communities ...

Judaism, a religion that focuses primarily on life, rather than the afterlife, provides a meticulous set of standards regarding the ...

Shiva usually means an entire week off work.

Memories can play such tricks on our minds. Last night, I returned to a synagogue where my husband had served ...

Test your knowledge of Jewish mourning and bereavement practices.