death

'Kaddish Around the World': Stories of Jewish mourners struggling to pray

The book describes the supreme efforts of mourners to find a minyan, a prayer quorum of 10 men, in many countries and in the most unlikely places for the recitation of the Mourner’s Kaddish

14/04/2024

How do you say farewell to a scientific giant like Daniel Kahneman?

Thanks to Kahneman, hospital systems and HMOs now offer generic drugs to physicians as the first choice, knowing how powerful the status quo bias is.

By TALYA MIRON-SHATZ
04/04/2024

Soldier from Modi’in killed in RPG attack in southern Gaza

A Gazan terrorist fired an RPG toward a floor in the building where Kudriashov and the rest of the Egoz force were staying, in the al-Amal neighborhood in western Khan Yunis.

Hostage Uriel Baruch killed, body held captive in Gaza

Baruch leaves behind his wife and two children, as well as his parents and siblings. He was kidnapped from the area near the Nova music festival on October 7.

Ben Stern, Holocaust survivor who stood up to neo-Nazis in Skokie, dies at 102

Stern's life story featured in the documentary film “Near Normal Man” and in his 2022 memoir, “Near Normal Man: Survival with Courage, Kindness and Hope.”

By ALIX WALL/JTA
06/03/2024

Jewish, British banker Jacob Rothschild dies aged 87

The Rothschild banking family traces its roots back to 18th century Frankfurt, from where different family members moved to cities across Europe to build out banking businesses.

26/02/2024

Death and life in the Land of Israel

Is it not cruel that even the greatest of people are destined to die, that we only exist for the tiniest slice of history?

'More Than We Expected': Making sense of the unthinkable

While nobody who hasn’t lost a child can fully empathize with the sort of trauma Robinson experienced, any reader can take something of value from the general truths that he expresses so eloquently.

How do you cope with loss? New US study sheds light

Based on the study, daily events and perceptions can have a considerable impact on daily functioning and may serve as important mechanisms after a traumatic loss.

Lawrence Langer, renowned scholar of Holocaust testimony, dies at 94

Langer died January 29 at a hospice near his home in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
06/02/2024
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