Core Library Books About Jewish Aspects of Death and Dying
Author	Title	Description	Date	Publisher
Goodman, Arnold M.	A Plain Pine Box	Return to simple Jewish funerals and eternal traditions. Essential for every Chevra.	1981	Ktav Publishing
Albom, Mitch	Tuesdays with Morrie	An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lessons.	1997	Doubleday
Handler, Jane	Give Me Your Hand - Traditional and Practical Guidance on Visiting the Sick	Traditional and modern guidance for visiting those who are ill.	1997	EKS Publishing
Roberts, Darryl	Profits of Death	An insider exposes the death care industry.	1997	Five Star Publications
Lamm, Maurice	The Jewish Way in Death and Mourning	From the moment of death through the funeral service, the burial, and the various periods of mourning. Explores organ donation, autopsy, the question of a woman's right to say Kaddish, mourning practices as they relate to the stillborn, the permissibility of converts to Judaism to mourn their Gentile parents.	2000	Jonathon David
Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth	On Death and Dying	What the dying have to teach doctors, nurses clergy and their own families	1969	MacMillan Publishing
Kelman, Stuart	Chesed Shel Emet - The Truest Act of Kindness	Guidelines for Taharah with transliteration	2000	EKS Publishing
Carlson, Lisa	Caring for the Dead: Your Final Act of Love	A practical handbook with consumer rights for every state in the U.S.	1998	Upper Access Books
Goldberg, Chaim Binyamin	Mourning in Halachah-the Laws and Customs of the Year of Mourning.	A scholarly and halachic work and a practical handbook.	1991	Mesorah Publications Ltd.
Broner, E.M.	Mornings and Mourning	Finding solace and respite in the quiet period of shloshim and strength in her daily battle to say the Kaddish.	1998	Harper San Francisco
Wolfson, Ron	A Time to Mourn, A Time to Comfort	A Guide to Jewish Bereavement and Comfort	1993	Jewish Lights Publishing
Diamant, Anita	Saying Kaddish: How to Comfort the Dying, Bury the Dead, and Mourn as a Jew	How to make Judaism's time-honored rituals into personal, meaningful sources of comfort.	1998	Schocken Books
Riemer, Jack	Jewish Reflections on Death	Remarkable essays by outstanding thinkers.	1974	Shocken Books
Riemer, Jack	Jewish Insights on Death and Mourning	Finding strength and meaning in times of loss.	1995	Shocken Books
Aiken, Lisa	Why me, God? A Jewish Guide for Coping with Suffering	Traditional Jewish perspectives about suffering and practical advice for coping.	1997	Jason Aronson
Kay, Alan A.	A Jewish Book of Comfort	Over 175 inspirational readings to comfort the mourner. Explains traditions and rituals of mourning	1993	Jason Aronson
Kushner, Harold S.	When Bad Things Happen to Good People		2001	Schocken
Gillman, Neil	The Death of Death: Resurrection and Immortality in Jewish Thought	Evolution of Jewish thought about bodily resurrection and spiritual immortality	1997	Jewish Lights Publishing