Chevra Kadisha
US and Israeli Jews learn how to purify the dead
By Michele Chabin — May 8, 2015
JERUSALEM (RNS) The workshop on ritual purification of the body was part of an 18-day Israel-American study mission on Jewish burial practices and other aspects of death and dying.
Two Israeli burial societies agree not to segregate men and women at funerals
By Michele Chabin — December 10, 2014
JERUSALEM (RNS) Until now, the burial societies in Israel have ignored 2013 directives from the Ministry of Religious Affairs and the attorney general banning gender segregation in cemeteries.
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