Mourn
Writing and Reading Ethical Wills
On the Jewish custom of leaving a written spiritual legacy for one's children.
Who is the Messiah?
Jewish sources have not, as a general rule, focused attention on the specific personal qualities of the Messiah.
Text of the Mourner’s Kaddish
The prayer traditionally recited for the dead, in Aramaic, transliteration and English translation.
Two Conservative Jewish Views on End-of-Life Issues
The Conservative movement validates two opinions on ceasing medical treatment for terminally ill patients.
End of Life Issues: A Jewish Perspective
An introduction to Jewish attitudes toward life support, ceasing medical care, living wills, and caring for patients in their final days
The World to Come
The rabbis of the Talmud had a lot to say on the World to Come, but little about what it actually is.
Questions and Answers About Jewish Funerals
Common questions about Jewish death and burial customs.
Jewish Messianism
The belief in a messiah, a person who will redeem the people Israel and usher in a more perfect era, is has long been considered a core plank of Jewish belief.
What Judaism Says About Reincarnation
The notion that souls can be reborn after death figures prominently in Jewish mysticism.
Why I Joined Our Hevra Kaddisha
How one woman, in the middle of her own year of mourning, joined this "holy society" of those who prepare the dead for burial--and what it has meant to her.