Jewish Traditions Around Death and Dying - The Reform Movement
To Every Thing There is a Season - Congregational Funeral and Cemetery Policies and Practices – URJ Department of Synagogue Management with a detailed appendix -
Taharat haMetim: A Personal Perspective - Simone Lotven Sofian
Final Touches - Nancy Kalikow Maxwell
Reclaiming the Mourner's Path – Anne Brener
The Attitude Toward Sickness, Dying and Death As Expressed in the Liturgical Works Maavor Yabok and Sefer Hahayiim – Rabbi Steven Moss
Maavor Yabok On-Line Study Group - (on the web) - Translated and Taught by Rabbi Steven Moss
Changing Burial Patterns Among Reform Jews At The Dawn Of The 21st Century – Rabbi Jordan Parr
Temple Sinai (Washington, DC) Cemetery Responsa - Rabbi Fred Reiner
Local burial societies bring dignity to death – Arizona Jewish Post
Death, dignity, obligation - Jewish burial society founded in Prescott
Reform Judaism Magazine – Fall 2005
The Last Dance by Jonathan Kendall
Knowing that the angel of death is standing in the wings can either strengthen or splinter a family.
End-of-Life Decisions: A Discussion Guide - by Alan Bennett
This study guide for the "End of Life Decisions" section contains background information, questions for discussion, and additional resources.
Stumbling on the Edge of Life - by Edythe Mencher
"I am at peace with my father. I won't ever be at peace with what happened to my mother."
Together in the Dark - a conversation with Rachel Naomi Remen
The death of a loved one can be a time of wounding or healing.
Reform Judaism Magazine – Spring 2004
Burying Our Fears – Sue Fishkoff
Reform Judaism Magazine – Spring 2001 – Rituals Surrounding End of Life
Tender Truths by Margaret Moers Wenig
The funeral is a time to speak honestly and respectfully about the deceased.
Final Touches by Nancy Maxwell
Washing and dressing a corpse is considered the ultimate mitzvah, because the recipient can never acknowledge or repay the act.
On Being the Kaddish by Patricia Z. Fischer
To be a Kaddish is to be willing to bear the grief of remembering.
Relationships Never Die by Anne Brener
How we can cultivate the connection that will allow us to transcend our separation from those we have lost.
Dancing in the Kitchen of Memory by Nadine Kraman
My mother and I are deep in the dance of gefilte-fish making--an art form which my mother, and my father, of blessed memory, had perfected over the years.