Videos About Jewish Aspects of Death and Dying |
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From Life to Life: Death and Mourning in The Jewish Tradition |
This is a sensitive documentary, handled with care and feeling. Guided by Torah law, the video depicts the preparation for burial, the simple pine coffin, the muslin shroud, the ritual of Taharah, the burial, sitting shiva, and the need for a tombstone. It is a realistic and illustrative undertaking with strong human interest. The explanations of Rabbi Rokeach and Rabbi Chait are lucid and absorbing. |
Purchase $55 Rental $14 |
Alden Films |
Clarks-burg, NJ |
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The experience, wisdom, and dignity of Rabbi Maurice Lamm are presented in a unique video about a subject most persons have difficulty in understanding. The changes for the deceased and the mourners are traced simply and meaningfully. |
Purchase $55 Rental $14 |
Alden Films |
Clarks-burg, NJ |
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Goodman, Arnold |
This is an outstanding description of the Chevra Kadisha. The video follows the steps in preparing the body for burial as well as the humanizing aspects of Judaism in its respect for the living and for the deceased. "Plain Pine Box" follows the Conservative Jewish practice of Taharah (Preparation of the body for burial). |
Purchase $50 Rental $14 |
Alden Films |
Clarks-burg, NJ |
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The way children view death is often with ambivalence and lack of understanding of the finality of this state. Mordecai Richler's story about his grandmother's death is somewhat irreverent but deeply moving. "The Street" makes a frank statement about the ways children and families respond to death, in an award winning animated documentary. |
Purchase $30 Rental $14 |
Alden Films |
Clarks-burg, NJ |
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Appelman, Harlene
Sue Marx Films |
Families often need help talking about a difficult and painful subject: the death of a loved one. Generation to Generation provides that help. Personal stories of loss, related with sensitivity and insight by children and their parents plus commentary from religious leaders and bereavement counselors show how open and honest dialogue can help heal the pain of loss. |
Purchase $30 |
Behrman House |
Spring-field, NJ |
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Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York |
All of Us Together - How Families Can Include Children in the Mourning Process |
There is a distinctly
Jewish way of addressing every major event in life, including death and
mourning. Often families, intentionally or unintentionally, exclude young
children from the mourning process. Parents may simply not know what to
tell their children and how to include them in the rituals. |
$30 |
Early Childhood Department of the Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York |
New York, NY |
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The Tripartite Commission on Jewish Funeral Standards. |
A guide for the individuals in communities who have the responsibility of providing a tahara for the deceased. It can also be a valuable educational tool for those who may be considering the formation of a Chevra Kadisha. Produced by Ricky Magder for the Tripartite Commission on Jewish Funeral Standards (Orthodox Union, Rabbinical Council of America and the Jewish Funeral Directors of America), Written by Rabbi Elchonon Zohn of the Chevra Kadisha of the Va'ad HaRabonim of Queens, and narrated by Rabbi Mayer Waxman, is now online. (Includes depiction of a Tahara, performed on a mannequin.) |
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Rabbi Mayer Waxman, (212) 613-8285, or waxmanm@ou.org
Jewish Funeral Directors of America |
Lynn, MA |
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Elizabeth Westrate |
Profiles several families
who have made the decision to forego the typical mortuary funeral and
instead care for their loved ones at home.
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$229 |
Fanlight Productions 800-937-4113 |
Boston, MA |
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