Death
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November 7, 2024, 12:03 pm
Do Jews believe in the afterlife?
A rabbi explains how Jewish mysticism teaches that the soul is ever-present and hovering over its living relatives
By Rabbi Daniel Cohen
“Willow Casket” by Daniel Brockett. (Photo courtesy of Contemporary Craft)
July 10, 2024, 10:00 pm
Artists invite discussion of ‘Hereafter’ by focusing on grief, life
Visiting a Lawrenceville exhibition prompts memories of individuals absent
By Adam Reinherz
A placard bearing a quote from former NCCK member Jonathan Schachter was placed on each table at the Adar 7 dinner. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
March 25, 2024, 12:17 pm
At 20, New Community Chevra Kadisha preserves a history
For two decades, a small group of Pittsburgh's Jews have buried their own. On Adar 7, members told the story.
By Adam Reinherz
The Jewish cemetery of La Tablada in Buenos Aires, Argentina, pictured in 2013. (Wikimedia Commons/Dario Alpern)
June 30, 2023, 11:28 am
‘Going on to the next’
We can lament the loss and reflect on the legacy, but we are probably best served by “moving on” to the next crisis/challenge/death that awaits us on our path as spiritual leaders.
By Rabbi Stephen E. Steindel
Some Jewish cemeteries will not bury a cremated body. Photo by Tanja-Milfoil, courtesy of flickr.com.
February 28, 2023, 12:21 pm
Cremation vs. burial, a modern halachic dilemma
“The Torah says numerous times that when a person dies, the body has to be treated with respect and buried."
By David Rullo
New Community Chevra Kadisha members gather at the Beth Shalom Cemetery in Shaler Township in October 2021. Photo by Adam Reinherz
March 4, 2022, 5:24 pm
Jewish burial society in Pittsburgh honors national organizer David Zinner
New Community Chevra Kadisha to thank national leader during annual Adar 7 dinner
By Adam Reinherz
Jackie Mason in New York City recording his album "I Want To Leave You With The Words Of A Great Comedian," Feb. 20, 1963. (Popsie Randolph/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
July 26, 2021, 9:33 am
Jackie Mason was a Jewish American comedy icon. These videos show why.
The irreverent comedian died Saturday at 93
By Philissa Cramer
The Tree of Life remembered those lost to COVID-19 with an interfaith service. Screenshot by David Rullo
March 21, 2021, 12:20 pm
Interfaith service marks one year since first COVID-19 death
Religious and community leaders mark a somber commemoration
By David Rullo
Illustration by Rose Lauer
May 18, 2020, 2:55 pm
Discussing death with children in the age of COVID-19
“It's about knocking on the door and waiting for them to open it.”
By Adam Reinherz
The Holocaust Center etchings depict scenes from the Shoa in stark detail. (Chronicle photo by Angela Leibowicz)
April 8, 2020, 9:12 am
First director of Pittsburgh’s Holocaust Center dies of COVID-19
Kuperstein lead center from 1980-85
By Toby Tabachnick
September 11, 2019, 6:53 pm
Making sense of death
G-d mourns the loss of life, too
By Robin Blumenthal
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