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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 645

bereavement

Myra Sack and Matt Goldstein holding Havi Lev Goldstein. (Courtesy)
August 2, 2024, 4:22 pm
Their daughter’s death from Tay-Sachs at age 2 transformed this family’s view of grief
In her new memoir, ‘Fifty-Seven Fridays,’ Myra Sack chronicles how she and her husband continue to navigate the loss of their child, carrying her with them as they move forward
By Cathryn J. Prince
Lihi Lapid (Vardi Kahana)
April 7, 2024, 6:43 pm
Author Lihi Lapid asks what happens when a mourning mother can’t remember her son
Novel ‘On Her Own’ marks a major milestone in the writer’s career, and paints a poignant portrait of Israel that provides much-needed insight to international readers at this time
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Soldiers place Israeli national flags showing black sashes atop with the Hebrew word "Remembrance" on graves, at the Kiryat Shaul military cemetery in the Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv on April 13, 2021, as they pay respects to fallen soldiers on Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day). (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
May 3, 2022, 2:12 pm
Some bereaved families tell ‘terror supporting’ cabinet to stay away on Memorial Day
Flyer signed by dozens of people with fallen relatives is criticized by Eli Ben Shem, chairman of Yad Labanim, for mixing the mourning with politics
By Michael Horovitz
Rabbi Jennifer Weinstein inside Gutterman's Funeral Home, May 15, 2020, Woodbury, New York. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie/Polaris Images)
May 11, 2021, 3:47 am
US synagogues touched by COVID adapt to serve grieving congregations
Reeling under a staggering number of deaths, many communities create support groups, hold online memorial services and hire social workers to help congregants cope with losses
By Stewart Ain
Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Jason B. Rosenthal on a trip to Florida in 2017. (Courtesy of Jason Rosenthal)
June 18, 2020, 4:00 am
Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s husband pens memoir about getting ‘permission’ to move on
Jason Rosenthal picks up where his wife’s unforgettable New York Times Modern Love essay, which she wrote on her deathbed, left off — with a blank space in which to make a future
By Cindy Sher
A baby Gabrielle Birkner with her late father Larry Birkner c. 1980 (Courtesy)
February 17, 2018, 6:30 am
There is no guidebook for grief, say editors of new compilation, ‘Modern Loss’
Both orphaned too early, Gabrielle Birkner and Rebecca Soffer have moved their own experiences — and a community of grievers — from the web onto the page
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Sheryl Sandberg speaking on a panel at the Fortune Global Forum in San Francisco, Nov. 3, 2015. (Kimberly White/Getty Images for Fortune)
April 16, 2017, 11:48 am
Facebook exec: Zuckerberg helped me through grief
Sheryl Sandberg, whose husband died suddenly, discusses the emotional strength she drew from founder of social media giant
By Stuart Winer
Yael Unterman
March 8, 2017, 7:45 am
Yael Unterman
Esther, heroine for those who must hide
An ode to all who cloak their authentic selves, and a prayer that they find inner connectedness, and a safe place to share
Ma'aleh video therapy bereaved fathers group. Back row (left to right): Asher Lemann (facilitator), David Cohen, Chanan Ariel, Ofir Shaer, Yosef Baruch Kalangel, Nachum Lemkus. Front row (left to right): Keren Hakak (facilitator), Menachem Assaraf, Shalom Sarel. (Courtesy of Ma'aleh)
January 9, 2017, 3:25 pm
Bereaved Israeli parents cope with loss by getting behind the camera
His own son murdered by Palestinian terrorists, Ofir Shaer plays dad struggling with raising surviving children while keeping memory of dead son alive as part of innovative program
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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