RE-CLAIMING JEWISH VALUES AROUND DEATH AND BURIAL
An article about the North American Chevra Kaddisha conference, held June 9-11, 2013 in Philadelphia, appeared in the Forward last week. The article was titled “Unlikely Radicals Take Aim at Corporate Jewish Burial Business”. While the title “Radical” was obviously suggestive and interesting, it turns out many, if not most of the folks closely involved with the Chevra Kaddisha conference have found that article to be misleading and misguided in the use of the term “Radical”. One of the reasons for this is that tahara [ritual preparation of the body for burial] is a traditional Jewish practice, not a new or innovative one.
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