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Observance

A Time To Mourn Without a Place to Pray

When I wanted to say kaddish for my mother, I found that my options as a woman were limited—and less than welcoming

By Talia Bloch · November 9, 2016
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Family

Nothing Like a Mother

Growing up, I always wished I had someone else for a mom. But after my mother died, I finally came to appreciate what she’d taught me.

By Morr Mazal Barton · October 21, 2015
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Family

Mourning the Mother Who Left Me Behind

I sat ‘shiva.’ I said ‘Kaddish.’ Then I saw a Broadway musical.

By Andrew Belinfante · July 15, 2015
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The Scroll

When Our Parents Die, What Should We Do With Their Possessions?

Bob Morris, author of the new memoir Bobby Wonderful: An Imperfect Son Buries His Parents, has created an online museum for your parents’ things—and he wants your submissions.

By Elissa Goldstein · June 26, 2015
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The Scroll

‘Mad Men’ Sits Shiva

The final seven episodes of the AMC series begin on a very Jewish note

By Rachel Shukert · April 6, 2015
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Family

On the Book of Jonah, and My Mother

Trying to understand this baffling story, which we read on Yom Kippur, gave me insights into my mother’s death

By Ilana Bet-El · October 2, 2014
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The Scroll

Larry David Writes Broadway Play About Shiva

Don’t think about mourning, this is something to celebrate!

By Rachel Shukert · August 7, 2014
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Observance

A Mother’s Kaddish: Mourning for My Son, From the Women’s Section

After my child died, I reconnected with God through prayer—which is the point of Kaddish, on both sides of the mechitza

By Shelley Richman Cohen · January 21, 2014
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Notebook

A Younger Generation Finds a New Place To Talk About Mourning

Two Jewish women launched Modern Loss to help twenty- and thirtysomethings start a new conversation about struggling with grief

By Saul Austerlitz · January 8, 2014
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Family

The Last Kaddish

Mourning for my mother saw me through anger, doubt, and numbness—and brought me closer to her

By Simon Yisrael Feuerman · December 10, 2012
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Family

The Unofficial Mourner

I thought Jewish law left no role for me to grieve when my fiancé’s brother died. Now, I finally can.

By Anya Manning · May 25, 2012
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Family

My Mother’s Loving Silence

A Holocaust survivor, she nurtured me with silence. This Mother’s Day, I’ll mourn for her—quietly.

By Chaim Steinmetz · May 11, 2012
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Family

Mourning My Mother, Finally

For years, I tried to forget my mother’s suicide. Then a yahrzeit notice made me face the past.

By C. A. Blomquist · May 8, 2012
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Mourning Glory

When a mother succumbs to cancer in old age, and a father faces his own mortality, a son is reminded of the blessings of a good shiva

By Simon Yisrael Feuerman · January 27, 2012
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