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Katrina Spade, founder and CEO of Recompose, with a box of human compost at Recompose Seattle. (Photo/Mat Hayward-Getty Images-Courtesy Recompose)
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Is human composting the next big thing in Jewish death practice? 

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 19, 2023January 24, 2023

“There was no squeamishness on my part, I didn’t wear gloves,” said Adam Gottstein. “I had Mom in the palms of my hands.” The Amador County resident was placing the […]

headshot of Holly Blue Hawkins, and older white woman, inset in a larger picture of a cemetery
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Expert in Jewish burials is devoted to making them more ‘green’

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss April 20, 2022
Entrance to the Home of Eternity cemetery in Oakland. (Photo/Maya Mirsky)
Posted inNews

Sinai Memorial takes over Oakland Jewish cemetery from Temple Sinai

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 25, 2019October 28, 2019
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Is it OK to leave decisions about burial to our kids?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler May 30, 2018May 30, 2018

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