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Har HaMenuchot cemetery, Jerusalem

Israel owes David Ben Avraham a Jewish burial

By JPOST EDITORIAL

Sharon Shemesh, a member of New York’s Reform Chevra Kadisha burial society, prepares for a tahara to ritually cleanse the deceased's body at Plaza Jewish Community Chapel.

Growing number of Jews using NY’s first Reform chevra kadisha burial society

By FRAN KRITZ , JTA

STUDENTS study in the Beit Midrash of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem.

Super Bowl antisemitism ads should mark kickoff to Jewish cultural revival

By Leon A. Morris

PERFORMING A brit milah

Should Jewish males be circumcised? - comment

Beit Daniel Reform Synagogue in Tel Aviv.

We have seen the Jewish future, and it is all about choice

By Jerome A. Chanes/JTA , Mark Silk/JTA

WE NEVER truly know which patients might still be able to hear our prayers.

Judaism should bring the 'last confession' (vidui) back

By SHLOMO M. BRODY

Edgar Winter poses with the Grammy for Best Contemporary blues album for "Brother Johnny" during the Premiere Ceremony of the 65th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, US, February 5, 2023.

There’s a Grammy for Christian music. These musicians want Jewish music to get one, too.

By ANDREW ESENSTEN/JTA