With the bodies of hostages set to return home, Jewish law raises complex questions—when to mourn, how to bury, and what to ...

Let the memory of Kfir and Ariel Bibas ignite a fire in our hearts—a fire that fuels our determination to protect, to unite, ...

Shiva is the first seven days of mourning ... hospitals and families to ensure that the person's death and burial fits with Jewish teachings and customs. Their work often starts with visits ...

Hundreds of people who knew Rabbi Levi Wolosow streamed through his Manalapan home to sit shiva after his unexpected death on a family trip.

Jewish holidays usually follow the same ... the family traditionally partakes in a seven-day period of mourning called shiva. It begins promptly after the burial, and while not all mourners ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) – Hackers posting death threats, including “I’ll enter synagogues and kill everyone,” broke into the online mourning ceremony for a former Jewish school principal in ...