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Daniela Garin with her late husband's friends from the army as she mourns him in Tel Aviv on January 29, 2024. (Maya Zanger-Nadis/ToI)
January 31, 2024, 11:11 am
After soldier’s death in Gaza, Filipino family finds comfort in Jewish mourning practice
Hundreds pay condolence calls for Sgt. First Class Cedrick Garin, as his parents fight to become Israeli citizens after their son made the ultimate sacrifice for the State of Israel
By Maya Zanger-Nadis
Family and friends attend the funeral of three members of the Sharabi family, Lian, Noya and Yahel, who were murdered by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7, 2023, in Moshav Kfar HaRif, southern Israel, October 25, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 6, 2023, 10:01 pm
A month into the war, American Jewry marks a traditional milestone of mourning
Even as victims are still being identified, US communities come together 30 days after 1,400 Israelis were killed by Hamas terrorists on October 7
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Pini Einhorn hugs a child at a shiva in Israel in October 2023. (Courtesy: Pini Einhorn)
October 22, 2023, 3:03 pm
Not just prayers: War sparks unprecedented mobilization by ultra-Orthodox Israelis
Some 2,000 volunteer IDF soldiers are at the forefront of an effort that some hope will change the minority’s relationship with the rest of society long-term
By Canaan Lidor
US President Joe Biden makes an address on the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Washington, DC, on February 24, 2022. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images/JTA)
March 1, 2022, 8:15 am
Even as crisis loomed, Biden attended Zoom shiva for childhood crush
US president took time to participate in online mourning event for Joan Olivere, mother of Hallie, his former daughter-in-law through late son Beau
By Gabe Friedman
A view of the Associacao Religiosa Israelita synagogue in Rio de Janeiro. (Courtesy of Associacao Religiosa Israelita)
August 26, 2021, 1:21 pm
Online shiva in Brazil gets threats: ‘I’ll enter synagogues, kill everyone’
Mourning ceremony for beloved former Jewish school principal in Rio de Janeiro disrupted by scenes of Adolf Hitler, pornography and loud music
By Marcus M. Gilban
Rachel Sennott as Danielle in 'Shiva Baby,' by filmmaker Emma Seligman. (Courtesy)
April 2, 2021, 12:45 pm
The next great ‘Jewish movie’ was just made by a 24-year-old female director
Danielle humorously figures out how to navigate her own identity without causing a rift with the wider community in relatable ‘Shiva Baby’ by newbie Emma Seligman, out April 2
By Jordan Hoffman
Photo illustration showing Chevra Kadisha workers preparing to carry the body of Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Haber who died from complications of coronavirus infection, at the Shamgar Funeral Home in Jerusalem, on April 23, 2020. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90; Illustration by Joshua Davidovich)
February 4, 2021, 11:42 pm
For 5,000 Israelis killed by COVID, a digital tapestry of stories ended too soon
As the death toll has risen, obituaries recounting the lives of the dead have faded away. Now, a new website aims to memorialize the thousands of worlds lost during the pandemic
By Jessica Steinberg
Alex Goldstein curates the Faces of COVID Twitter account, which showcases Americans who have died in the pandemic. (Illustration by Grace Yagel/ JTA)
October 17, 2020, 3:03 am
Man behind Faces of COVID Twitter account tweets to make US confront its grief
Amplifying Judaism’s communal approach to mourning, Alex Goldstein has memorialized thousands of coronavirus victims and gathered 80,000 followers since March
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Illustrative: Israelis mourn teens drowned in flash flooding, April 27, 2018. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 20, 2020, 3:14 am
With communal mourning a health hazard, grieving US Jews must sit shiva alone
Families and communities traditionally converge after a loss, but bereaved are now being forced to face their tragedy alone, without even a quorum to recite the prayer for the dead
By Ben Harris
Photographs of Neal and Adi Erlich. (Screen capture: Channel 13 news)
January 18, 2020, 7:04 pm
Arab Israeli town steps up for widow and newborn daughter of Jewish policeman
Residents of Abu Ghosh set up mourning tent, sit Shiva in memory of Neal Erlich, a resident of the Jerusalem-area community who died suddenly at 33
By ToI Staff
A special rabbinical court meets to determine the marital status of the wives of two Israeli men who died in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane. (Chief Rabbinate of Israel)
March 31, 2019, 6:01 pm
Rabbinical council says plane crash victims’ families can begin mourning process
Marital status of two widowed Israeli women will only be determined after remains from Ethiopian Airlines disaster have been identified
By ToI Staff
President Reuven Rivlin (c) stands with a group of children holding signs that read "to be a free people on our land," after paying a condolence visit at the home of Ori Ansbacher's family in the Tekoa settlement on February 13, 2019. (Courtesy)
February 13, 2019, 4:57 pm
President visits family of Ori Ansbacher, vows to ‘light up’ world in her memory
Rivlin, US ambassador pay condolence visits to relatives of Israeli teen murdered in Jerusalem terror attack
By Jacob Magid
US Ambassador David Friedman pays a condolence visit to the family of Yotam Ovadia who was killed in a terror attack in the West Bank settlement of Adam, July 30, 2018. (Miri Tzahi/Yesha Council)
August 1, 2018, 2:16 am
PA slams US ambassador’s visit to settlement home of terror attack victim
Ramallah says David Friedman’s condolence call to family of Yotam Ovadia was ‘provocative’
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
US Ambassador David Friedman pays a condolence visit to the family of Yotam Ovadia who was killed in a terror attack in the West Bank settlement of Adam, July 30, 2018. (Miri Tzahi/Yesha Council)
July 30, 2018, 4:43 pm
US ambassador makes rare visit to settlement, after terror attack
David Friedman pays condolence call at home of Yotam Ovadia in community of Adam, near Jerusalem
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
People attend a candlelight vigil for the victims of the Wednesday shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Florida,, February 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
February 27, 2018, 2:09 pm
AP misquote about Jewish mourning called ‘correction of the year’
Agency hears ‘sit and shiver’ when Florida sheriff said families of school shooting victims were ‘sitting shiva’
By Michael Bachner
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