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      death

      Religion

      Is human composting the next big thing in Jewish death practice? 

      By Maya Mirsky Jan 19, 2023

      Bay Area

      Memory Garden is first Jewish place in U.S. to mourn pregnancy loss

      By Maya Mirsky Nov 15, 2022

      Film

      ‘Last Flight Home’: A Jewish family helps their father end his life

      By Andrew Lapin, JTA Oct 14, 2022

      Bay Area

      Growth spurt for Sinai funeral home as it marks 120 years

      By Emma Goss Jan 6, 2022

      Bay Area

      Sinai Memorial Chapel opens new Peninsula office

      By J. Staff Nov 1, 2021

      Torah

      The death of Sarah is the Torah at its most relatable

      By Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan Oct 29, 2021

      Books

      New memoir: Grieving his mother while the towers were falling

      By Robert Nagler Miller Sep 9, 2021

      Religion

      An unveiling without a headstone? Shortage hits grieving families

      By Stewart Ain, Forward Aug 26, 2021

      Northern California

      Sonora Hebrew Cemetery hosts final burial for Holocaust survivor

      By Giuseppe Ricapito Jul 26, 2021

      U.S.

      These are the Jewish victims of the Surfside building collapse

      By Ben Harris, Shira Hanau, JTA Jul 2, 2021

      U.S.

      For Jewish burial societies, Surfside tragedy presents complex task

      By Shira Hanau, JTA Jun 28, 2021

      Act Two

      Purging a lifetime of ‘stuff’ that nobody wants — except me

      By Janet Silver Ghent May 18, 2021
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