CHAPTER SEVEN - Death and Mourning: End of Life Questions

THE JEWISH LIFE CYCLE
By Steve Israel

D: Bibliography & Online References

Bibliography

C.N. Bialik, Y.H. Ravnitsky (Eds.). The Book of Legends (Sefer HaAggadah) Trans. W. Braude

Anne Brener, Jack Riemer (Foreword), William Cutter (Introduction). Mourning & Mitzvah: A Guided Journal for Walking the Mourner's Path Through Grief to Healing http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1879045230/qid=/sr=/ref=lm_lb_1/002-2093568-4184821

Judith Hauptman. Death and Mourning: A Time for Weeping, A Time for Healing. [In Rela Gefen (Ed.). Celebration and Renewal: Rites of Passage in Judaism.]

Alan A Kay. A Jewish Book of Comfort

Isaac Klein. A Guide to Jewish Religious Practice

Maurice Lamm. The Jewish Way in Death and Mourning

Naomi Levy. To Begin Again: The Journey Toward Comfort, Strength, and Faith in Difficult Times
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345413830/ref=pd_sim_books/002-9273700-2256061

Debra Orenstein. Lifecycles: Jewish Women on Life Passages and Personal Milestones. (Section on Death and Mourning)

Lori Palatnik. Remember My Soul: What To Do In Memory Of A Loved One
http://www.hebrewworld.com/books/Soul.html

I.L. Peretz. Bontche the Silent. From Ruth Wisse (Ed.). The I.L. Peretz Reader, or any other collection of Peretz, plus most classic anthologies of modern Jewish, or Yiddish literature.

Jack Riemer (Ed.). Jewish Reflections on Death. (Incl. Emanuel Feldman. “Death as Estrangement: The Halakhah of Mourning”)

Jack Riemer (Ed.). Wrestling with the Angel. (Incl. Alisa Rubin Kurshan. “Knitting Up the Tear”)

Ron Wolfson. A Time to Mourn, a Time to Comfort (The Art of Jewish Living Series)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1879045966/ref=pd_sim_books/002-9273700-2256061

David J. Wolpe, Mitch Albom. Making Loss Matter: Creating Meaning in Difficult Times
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1573221414/qid=/sr=/ref=lm_lb_2/002-2093568-4184821

Online References

USCJ. Educational Perspectives on Death for discussion in families and with students.
http://www.uscj.org/publicaffairs/review/time.htm

Jewish Funerals.com overview. Supportive Jewish traditions in bereavement and participation; one of the best-written outlines on the web for general use.
http://www.jewishfunerals.com/jewish_mourning.htm

Valley Beth Shalom online book. A Guide to Jewish Mourning and Condolence. Psychological aspects and processes in mourning, re-connecting through condolence.
http://www.vbs.org/religious/mourning.htm#Part

Jewish Memorial Foundation page on death and mourning. Outline, personal stories; inside - discussing death of a loved one with children, some wider context.
http://www.mishpacha.org/preview/parentingdeath.shtml