This article originally appeared in J. The Jewish News of Northern California, and was republished here with permission. In the hours approaching midnight, Jason Lindo sat alone in the Lombard Funeral ...

(JTA) — When some of Rabbi Mia Simring’s congregants named themselves The Very Narrow Bridge Congregation, they weren’t just referring to the anthemic Hebrew song “Gesher Tsar Meod” or the teaching ...

In addition to the funeral itself, Eden Memorial supports families through each stage of Jewish mourning. Staff offer guidance on Shiva observance, Shloshim (the 30-day period following burial), ...

I have produced a recognizable body of scholarship on ancient Jewish and Christian prayers and hymns. During the formative period of biblical scholarship in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth ...