The recitation of Kaddish benefits both the soul of the departed loved one, as well as the mourner.

A rabbi weighs in on reciting Mourner's Kaddish for someone you're not related to.

Traditionally, mourners recite Kaddish for parents for 11 months minus one day.

The chevra kadisha is a group of committed Jews who prepare the body for burial.

A guide for building sacred community.

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.

Biblical practices around childbirth and the affliction known as tzara'at bear a striking resemblance to grief.

A once thriving American industry.

Yiddish Godfather

Think Hebrew is the only Jewish language? Think again!