In honor of the annual observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance we are devoting space in our blog to posts about gender, such ...

What should be said when a child brings home a soulmate from another faith tradition?

Although the custom of placing them on a grave probably draws upon pagan customs, the stones also symbolize the permanence of memory.

Jewish mourning practices center more on the deceased than on concern for the living.

Giving ourselves time to grieve can lead us to a place where we feel God’s blessings.

Two weeks ago I wrote about the tragic loss of little Ayelet Galena z”l. I discussed how one young life ...

By the second century at the latest, belief in resurrection had entered Jewish liturgy and legal writing.

Sometimes there is a conflict between the mandate to save lives and the mandate to avoid health risks.

The specific prohibitions on mourners during the shiva period reflect the mourner's sense of estrangement from the life force.

Judaism is famously ambiguous about what happens when we die.