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Jewish customs and traditions about death, burial and mourning are numerous, diverse and intriguing. They are considered by many to have a respectable pedigree

This book deals with many questions relating to Judaism's view of afterlife, drawing on textual sources, medieval thought, mystical literature, and contemporary

A basic tenet of Judaism is the obligation to value and serve the deceased, to extend dignity beyond death. In Judaism, a death is the affair of the entire comm

Written by a sociologist and a journalist, The Death of an American Jewish Community: A Tragedy of Good Intentions recounts the death of a Boston community once

This book discusses modern medical ethical dilemas from a specifically conservative Jewish point of view. The author includes issues such as artifical inseminat