Death and Mourning

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.

Helpful Death and Mourning Articles

Interfaith Death and Mourning Article Archive

• Death and Mourning

Death and Mourning Discussion Board

• Death and Mourning    

Additional Resources on Interfaith Death and Mourning

Websites

Visit our partner MyJewishLearning.com for more information:

• Primer: Death and Mourning
• Attending a Jewish Funeral
• Making a Shiva Call
• Mourning Non-Jewish Loved Ones

Books

• Friedland, Ronnie and Case, Edmund, ed. The Guide to Jewish Interfaith Family Life: An InterfaithFamily.com Handbook. Jewish Lights, 2001. Read a review.
• Diamant, Anita. Saying Kaddish: How to Comfort the Dying, Bury the Dead, and Mourn as a Jew. Schocken, 1998. Read a review.
• 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.