Today, some Orthodox Jews, particularly the more traditional ones from the Haredi and Hassidic communities, continue the practice of sitting shiva for a family member who has left the religious community. Many centrist and left-wing Orthodox Jews, question and may not observe the practice for thre...
In the 1960s, the cremation rate was only3 percent, but today, cremations outpace burials. In 2017, the U.S. cremation rate was 51.6 percent,according to the Cremation Association of North America. By 2022, the rate is projected to jump by more than 6 percentage points. A crematory opera...
Hi Nancy, I'm one of those people who doesn't do well at other families funerals. I can come undone before I get there so I just don't go on the most part. I'm always afraid I'll just make things worse for the family. I think in general I for one just don't know what to...
John Gillespie McGee Jr (1922 – 1941)Note: John Gillespie McGee Jr was an American spitfire pilot who joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1940. He died over Tangmere, Sussex in 1941. He was nineteen. Hope in God As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, ...
This means that people today dispose of their dead within a substantially secular frame, and I will conclude the chapter by asking in what ways this is likely to affect their beliefs about life after death. When the journey to the after-life contains no risks for the dead, there need be ...
At the graveside of a Jewish funeral, it is a common tradition, along with a sign of respect and love to the deceased, for the mourners and friends to participate in the actual burial. Today, many people place a few shovels of soil onto the casket to symbolically follow this tradition. ...