A Jewish perspective on burial and cremation | Commentary

Rabbi Moishe Kievman discusses the Jewish act of burial and why, as a rabbi, he feels that is the best option for Jewish ...
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Can an interfaith couple be buried together in a Jewish cemetery?

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In Normandy, a Jewish D-Day veteran buried in a Nazi mass grave will receive a proper burial 80 years later

Growing up, Samantha Baskind’s father would sometimes mention his “Uncle Nate,” who stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. He called Nate “a great Jewish American war hero,” often just around ...
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Why small town Jews buried their dead in big cities — and what those journeys reveal today

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The Jewish women who kept Confederate graves from disappearing

In June 1866, just over a year after the Civil War ended, young Jewish men in Richmond, Virginia, removed their coats and set ...
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A Jewish bridge builder’s burial, 15 years late: The strange afterlife of Lawrence Rubin

PETOSKEY, Michigan — The cemetery of this northern resort community, with a view of the glimmering waters of Little Traverse Bay, has a small Jewish section. On a recent Wednesday afternoon, the ...
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In Normandy, a Jewish veteran buried in a Nazi mass grave receives a proper burial 80 years later

Nathan Baskind was killed in action shortly after D-Day. A year-long investigation found his remains and ensured his reinterment under a Star of David. Growing up, Samantha Baskind’s father would ...