Death & Community: Jewish Burial Societies

The Jewish life cycle includes rituals and customs to mark major rites of passage – birth, coming of age, marriage and parenthood. Likewise, there are traditions of how to navigate death and mourning, including how to care for the deceased and comfort the living, which is where we find Jewish burial societies. In this episode, guest scholars Cornelia Aust, Samuel Heilman, and Howard Lupovitch, along with host Avishay Artsy, look at the history of Jewish burial societies, how they have served their communities, and how they continue to evolve today.

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Death & Community: Jewish Burial Societies is an episode from Adventures in Jewish Studies Podcast by Association for Jewish Studies.

This episode is 26:17 long.

This episode was published on Jan 22, 2025.

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