Tahara Stories

Escorting the Dead Gloria Blum Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Dignity in Life, Dignity in Death Juliet Spitzer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Last Kindness Ruchama King Feuerman Clifton, New Jersey
Honoring the Body: Taharah (audio) Rebecca Sheir Iowa City, Iowa
Taharah: A Personal Look at the Jewish Way of Death and Burial Varda Branfman Denver, Colorado
Tahara: An Ancient Jewish Ritual for the Dead Lisa Halpern Hartford, Connecticut
The Washer and the Washed: Bound in Sacred Duty Lynn Greenhough Victoria, British Columbia
Friends for a Holy Journey Rochel Berman  Westchester, New York and Boca Raton, Florida
She is Pure Kathryn Engber Onalaska, Wisconsin
Performing the Tahara Carol Abadi Miami, Florida
Facing impermanence Rachel Barenblat from Velveteen Rabbi North Adams, Massachusetts
Setting aside the Super Bowl, just once, for a holy act Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz New York, New York and Montreal, Quebec
Taharat haMetim: A Personal Perspective Simone Sofian Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Jewish Funerals: A Ritual Description Professor Ruth Langer  Boston, Massachusetts 

Love Songs To The Dead: The Liturgical Voice As Mentor And Reminder 

Catherine Madsen New York, New York
Preparing the Dead for Life's Final Passage Ronna Kabatznick Berkeley, California
Why I Joined Our Chevra Kaddisha Judy Freudenstein Riverdale, New York

Description of Taharot Procedures

on the site of Steven Ross Weintraub San Antonio, Texas

The Torah My Father Taught Me - A Ritual That Bound a Father and Daughter

Francesca Lunzer Kritz

Silver Spring, Maryland

The Work of "The Holy Committee" in Performing a Jewish Tahara  

Eva Strauss-Rosen,  Katarzyna Rolzinski, Zena Marks, Helen Sizemore Ukiah, California
Ties That Bind Michelle Friedman New York, New York

A Slice of Life - The Greatest Mitzva  

Mildred L. Covert  New Orleans, Louisiana

Chevra Kadisha: Jewish Burial Society  

Andrea Sommerstein  Richmond Hill, New York

A Piece of My Mind - The Holy Society 

Joel Stein, MD  Boston, Massachusetts

A Z'chus to Live and a Z'chus to Die  

Atara London Grenadir  Norman, Oklahoma
Sheets   S.L. Wisenberg Chicago, Illinois
The C.K. Van   Pat Franklin  Alexandria, Virginia

Jewish Burial Practice

Athol Ofsowitz Houston, Texas & South Africa
Burial-society Volunteers Find 'Spiritual Elevation' in Task Ruth Novice
Andrew Scharlach
San Jose and San Franciso, California
Dead and Alive  - performing tahara prompts a rush of emotion Pessie Busel Novick Dallas, Texas
Respect for a Sacred Society

Body And Soul

Burial Society - NPR audio

Rabbi Elchonon Zohn Queens, New York
Jewish Burial - A Study in the Psychology of Healing Dr. Batya L. Ludman Halifax, Nova Scotia
Final Touches Nancy Kalikow Maxwell Miami Shores, Florida
Iris, Cleansed Rebecca Jensen