{"product_id":"when-a-jew-dies-9780520236783","title":"When a Jew Dies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn account of the traditional customs that are put into practice when a Jewish person dies. It provides both an informative anthropological perspective on Jewish rites of mourning and a chronicle of the loss of the author's father.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A work filled with textured descriptions of Jewish practice.\"-New York Jewish Week \"Insightfully examines a traumatic time in all our lives.\"-Booklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction Gosess and Petira: Near Death and the End of Life Onen: Freshly Bereaved Tahara: Purifying the Dead Leveiya: The Funeral and Its Accompaniment Shivah: Seven Days of Mourning Shloshim and Kaddish: The First Month and After The Twelve Months and Yahrzeit: Anniversary Beit Olam and Yizkor: Forever Final Thoughts Notes Glossary Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402818691415,"sku":"9780520236783","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520236783.jpg?v=1730481597","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/when-a-jew-dies-9780520236783","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}