The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/kaddish/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:02:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png kaddish | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/kaddish/ 32 32 With no one to say Kaddish for many children killed in the Holocaust, a US synagogue steps up https://www.timesofisrael.com/with-no-one-to-say-kaddish-for-many-children-killed-in-the-holocaust-a-us-synagogue-steps-up/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:12:42 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3801952 Dozens of families at Temple Beth El in West Palm Beach have 'adopted' child victims to memorialize as their own, in a form of remembrance some laud for its continuity

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]]> Mourner’s Kaddish recited in Australian parliament for Bondi Beach attack victims https://www.timesofisrael.com/mourners-kaddish-recited-in-australian-parliament-for-bondi-beach-attack-victims/ Wed, 21 Jan 2026 04:43:20 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3738290 'You don’t have to be Jewish to feel this in your chest, an attack like this hurts all of us,' Mark Dreyfus tells fellow MPs as they pass tougher gun and hate speech laws

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]]> Broadway’s ‘Parade’ cast says Mourner’s Kaddish before performances https://www.timesofisrael.com/broadways-parade-cast-says-mourners-kaddish-before-performances/ Sat, 10 Jun 2023 09:49:06 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3031092 Star Micaela Diamond says before almost every show, they stand in a circle and say Jewish prayer for the dead

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]]> Convinced he’s dead, a young man asks a rabbi to recite mourner’s prayer for him https://www.timesofisrael.com/convinced-hes-dead-a-young-man-asks-a-rabbi-to-recite-mourners-prayer-for-him/ Tue, 04 May 2021 00:42:45 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2528270 Michael Carnick writes and directs 'The Forbidden Wish,' an intense encounter between an Ethiopian-Israeli rabbi and a US Jew who talk racism, faith and the meaning of life

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]]> 29-year-old composer releases ‘Kaddish’ for survivor grandfather on top label https://www.timesofisrael.com/29-year-old-composer-releases-kaddish-for-survivor-grandfather-on-top-label/ Mon, 25 Jan 2021 13:43:16 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2475581 In new a cappella choral work, Swedish art music composer Jacob Mühlrad holds a dialogue with his deceased grandfather, using his harrowing testimony and texts by Elie Wiesel

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]]> At isolation hotels, COVID-carrying worshipers say Kaddish for those who cannot https://www.timesofisrael.com/at-isolation-hotels-covid-carrying-worshipers-say-kaddish-for-those-who-cannot/ Sun, 12 Apr 2020 22:15:44 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2281902 Reeling from virus bereavements and unable to sit shiva in normal way, Jewish mourners worldwide are turning to Israeli hotels where patients stay together and pray together

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]]> Online Kaddish, Shabbat burials: Jewish legal authorities grapple with pandemic https://www.timesofisrael.com/online-kaddish-shabbat-burials-jewish-legal-authorities-grapple-with-pandemic/ Fri, 03 Apr 2020 04:46:17 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2275509 Coronavirus outbreak has prompted an unprecedented flurry of questions for rabbis on how to adapt group prayers, seders, and ritual immersion to crisis

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]]> Musical Kaddish/requiem to be performed for 1994 Jewish center bombing victims https://www.timesofisrael.com/musical-kaddish-requiem-to-be-performed-for-1994-jewish-center-bombing-victims/ Sun, 07 Jul 2019 20:54:59 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2107795 As 25th anniversary of terror attack against Argentine Jewish community nears, rabbi and composer team up for concert with 200 on stage at iconic Buenos Aires theater

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]]> After outsourcing kaddish, son faces a world of regret in new Englander novel https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-outsourcing-kaddish-son-faces-a-world-of-regret-in-new-englander-novel/ Fri, 29 Mar 2019 00:32:35 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2031688 Fatherhood moved Nathan Englander to delve into his own soul -- for his daughter, and new novel, 'Kaddish.com,' which takes readers on a journey into the secular-religious divide

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]]> British teen leader sparks fresh controversy with new Israel tour job https://www.timesofisrael.com/british-teen-leader-sparks-fresh-controversy-with-new-israel-tour-job/ Wed, 18 Jul 2018 00:12:11 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1891485 Nina Morris-Evans, who participated in a Jewish mourning event for Gazans, will join a Liberal Judaism summer program despite being dropped by the Reform movement

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]]> UK Jewish leader who publicly mourned Gazans fired from leading Israel teen tour https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-jewish-leader-who-publicly-mourned-gazans-fired-from-leading-israel-teen-tour/ Tue, 03 Jul 2018 18:07:17 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1882551 Reform youth group reverses previous decision regarding Nina Morris-Evans, who attended Kaddish for Gaza event in London

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]]> ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ season 2: One of the most powerful scenes involves a rabbi https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-handmaids-tale-season-2-one-of-the-most-powerful-scenes-involves-a-rabbi/ Sat, 26 May 2018 05:53:22 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1858229 In contrast to show's grim setback, writers provide a genuinely touching moment when two women who meet at a colony work camp fall in love and are married by Jewish clergy member

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]]> A Jewish prayer gathering for Gaza victims makes British Jews lose their cool https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-jewish-prayer-for-gaza-victims-rally-makes-british-jews-lose-their-cool/ Sat, 26 May 2018 02:57:34 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1858208 Group reciting mourning benediction for Palestinians killed by IDF in border clashes leads to uncharacteristically toxic debate within Jewish community

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]]> Remember those existential threats to Israel? https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-generation-gap/ Fri, 25 May 2018 09:33:52 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1857852 If you have no memory of the palpable risk of Israel’s destruction, you might just say kaddish for terrorists

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]]> Dozens of London Jews say Kaddish for Palestinians killed in Gaza https://www.timesofisrael.com/dozens-of-london-jews-say-kaddish-for-palestinians-killed-in-gaza/ Thu, 17 May 2018 13:32:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1853128 Group berated by angry interloper who says that 50 of the dead were Hamas operatives, blames activists for deaths of Jews

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