Tag: Chevra Kadisha

Burial customs over the ages have evolved and they must continue to evolve. Eve Harow speaks with Chananya Shachor from the Burial Society of the Jerusalem Jewish Community about the very sensitive issue of burial in Judaism’s holiest city today on Rejuvenation.

The laws of burying the dead in Judaism.

A new non-denominational Jewish burial society has replaced an Orthodox one at a Boston-area Jewish funeral home. Community Hevra Kadisha of Greater Boston, which launched...

Anti-Israel, NIF-funded public relations hack convicted of extortion and rape of 15 yr old Haredi girl.

The Chevra Kadisha Forum, in a letter to Home Front Defense Minister Matan Vilnai, challenged the Interior Ministry's plan, which mandates temporary burial in coffins at temporary cemeteries as well as the option of transferring bodies to cooling facilities until they can be identified and final resting places can be arranged.

It is not uncommon for Observant Jews to want to be buried in Eretz Yisroel.