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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
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
The Last Kaddish
Mourning for my mother saw me through anger, doubt, and numbness—and brought me closer to her
The Unofficial Mourner
I thought Jewish law left no role for me to grieve when my fiancé’s brother died. Now, I finally can.
My Mother’s Loving Silence
A Holocaust survivor, she nurtured me with silence. This Mother’s Day, I’ll mourn for her—quietly.
Mourning My Mother, Finally
For years, I tried to forget my mother’s suicide. Then a yahrzeit notice made me face the past.
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
How a British Museum Curator Discovered Noah’s Ark Would Have Been Round
Irving Finkel, an expert on ancient Mesopotamia, decodes a Babylonian tablet and traces its path to the Book of Genesis
After the Holocaust, the Dutch Tried To Collect Past Due Taxes From Survivors
How one shy, whistle-blowing intern in an Amsterdam archive uncovered a travesty that insulted a decimated community
Centuries Ago, Jews Were Farmers Like Everybody Else. Why Did They Leave the Fields?
Two economists argue that literacy, not laws forbidding land ownership, created a small, widely dispersed and highly skilled minority
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