My older brother and I were born and raised in a Jewish household. My brother’s first wife was Jewish, his second is not. At ...

I would like to send a letter to my brother explaining why I hope he will follow our Jewish heritage and have a Jewish ...

Letter writer blames sister-in-law for brother’s non-Jewish funeral plans.

Two decades since its founding, Plaza Jewish Community Chapel has introduced unprecedented price transparency to the funeral process, trains clergy, and runs community programs that help demystify the ...

Jacquelyn Bell had to say goodbye to her mother, JoAnn, over the phone. Joann, who was 73, battled multiple sclerosis most of her adult life, and survived three strokes and bouts of pneumonia. Bell ...

Some of the most heartbreaking stories during the coronavirus pandemic have been about families separated from loved ones in their last moments before death. And that's not the end, because ...

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 ...

The venerated justice cherished two identities — being an American and being a Jew — even when they failed to easily harmonize. In death, as in life, American Jews looked to see how Justice Ginsburg ...