The parameters of the shiva mourning ritual seem daunting. Judaism guides us to sit in our homes for seven days. Of course, we have exceptions like attending synagogue on Shabbat or traveling from ...

We must sit shiva together. We must grieve as a people. Yesterday, we heard the news. Today, we are broken. Tomorrow, we bury not just two babies, but a fragile ember of hope for our future.

Edan Alexander and 62 others are still waiting. We already know that for 36 of them, we will be sitting shiva. There is no moving on. There is only this new life Hamas has declared for us.

In Judaism, when someone dies, the family traditionally partakes in a seven-day period of mourning called shiva. It begins promptly after the burial, and while not all mourners sit for the entire ...

A “Simpsons” episode features more than enough Jewish characters to make a minyan. The death ended a nearly year-long macabre mystery, when executive producer Al Jean announced in October 2013 ...

The honorable Bruce Blakeman, County Executive, and Supervisor Joseph Saladino, paid a Shiva condolence visit at the home of ...