The New York City Council speaker, Julie Menin, is proposing a barrier of up to 100 feet to protect congregants from protesters, 75 feet larger than Gov. Kathy Hochul has suggested.

Rabbi Moishe Kievman discusses the Jewish act of burial and why, as a rabbi, he feels that is the best option for Jewish ...

Amid the National Day of Mourning for the victims of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack, Rabbi Jacqueline Ninio shares what ...

A funeral doesn’t have to be all doom and gloom. In fact, more and more people are accepting funerals as celebrations of life rather than somber affairs. Although there are times to be solemn, “humor ...

Duarte Pita Dias is based in CBS News' London bureau, where he works across digital platforms and for TV broadcasts. Hundreds of mourners gathered Wednesday at a synagogue in Sydney for the first of ...

SYDNEY, Dec 17 (Reuters) - (This Dec. 17 story has been corrected to say correctional officers, not police officers, in paragraph 18) Two Sydney rabbis killed in the Bondi Beach Hanukkah festival ...

Sydney’s devastated Jewish community gathered for the funeral of “Matilda Bee,” an ebullient, smiling 10-year-old girl. By Damien Cave Reporting from Sydney, Australia Every mourner entering the ...

Olga and David Hruba (pictured at left, and center) at a menorah lighting ceremony on the first night of Hanukkah in Dnipro. Credit: David Hruba photo The following article was submitted by the New ...

Riverside Memorial Chapel has a history of specializing in serving the Jewish community and is the only member of the Jewish Funeral Directors of America in Manhattan. From traditional washing (tahara ...

Editor’s note: Han Yun’s family has a long tradition of serving as “daliao,” the local name given to funeral celebrants in China’s northern city of Tianjin. The role involves handling the remains, ...

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Goldsteins’ Rosenberg’s Funeral Directors has been a staple in the Philadelphia community since 1944, and today, it continues to set a standard for business in a difficult field that requires special ...