Interfaith Death and Mourning Resources
You're intermarried or a convert and a relative dies. How do you approach sitting shiva or going to a wake for the first time? If you've converted, should you still maintain the rituals of your relative's religion? Death is painful enough without dealing with religious conflict. Learn how others have dealt with this difficult time in InterfaithFamily.com's articles, resources and links.
Helpful Death and Mourning Documents
- Guide to Death and Mourning for Interfaith Families. Also available as a PDF and Word document.
Recommended Interfaith Death and Mourning Articles
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Finding a Way Through Grief by Faye Rapoport DesPres
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How to Pay a Shiva Call By Rabbi Daniel Kohn
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Jewish Burial and Mourning Practice for Non-Jewish Relatives by Rabbi Paul J. Citrin
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Grieving in A Different Tradition by Edie Mueller
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Children's Grief Reactions to the Death of a Loved One: What to Expect by Rabbi Earl A. Grollman, D.H.L., D.D.
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Grieving Jewishly, for the First Time by Valerie Cooper
For many more helpful articles on interfaith death and mourning, click on this link to access our archive:
For previous Web Magazine issues on interfaith death and mourning, click on the links below:
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Issue 206 (April 2007)
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Issue 159 (May 2005)
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Issue 127 (February 2004)
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Issue 126 (January 2004)
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Issue 45 (September 2000)
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Issue 44 (August 2000)
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Issue 43 (August 2000)
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Issue 23 (November 1999)
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Issue 10 (April 1999)
Interfaith Death and Mourning Discussion Board
Additional Resources on Interfaith Death and Mourning
Websites
Visit our partner MyJewishLearning.com for more information:
Books
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Friedland, Ronnie and Case, Edmund, ed. The Guide to Jewish Interfaith Family Life: An InterfaithFamily.com Handbook. Jewish Lights, 2001. Read a review.
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Diamant, Anita. Saying Kaddish: How to Comfort the Dying, Bury the Dead, and Mourn as a Jew
. Schocken, 1998. Read a review.
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Matlins, Stuart M., ed. The Perfect Stranger's Guide to Funerals and Grieving Practices
. Skylight Path Publishing, 2000. Read our review.
If you know of other death and mourning resources--or if you'd like to see additional resources on a particular aspect of death and mourning--please email us at network@interfaithfamily.com and let us know what you'd like us to provide.
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Spiritual leader and teacher. Typically, but not always, leads a congregation. The seven days of mourning following the funeral of a family member.






