The question of cremation versus burial in Judaism is not merely a matter of tradition or preference; it reflects a deeply ...

Nearly two-thirds of Americans now opt for cremation – a figure that has been steadily increasing over five decades. On the ...

SCOTLAND is making waves in the funeral industry – after it became the first country in the UK to make water cremations legal ...

Death is not something most of us grow up talking about. There are no mandatory classes in elementary, high school, or even college. There are no seminars preparing us for ...

Your carbon footprint doesn’t end when you die. Conventional death practices like embalming, cremation and getting buried in ...

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Jewish law is unequivocal: the dead must be buried in the earth, and cremation is not permitted.

The body is not a discarded shell; it is a sanctified partner, refined through every mitzvah performed in life. The body and ...

In a separate development, the state government convened an important meeting to review the condition of cremation and burial ...

Human composting offers a new, environmentally responsible choice for what to do with a body after death. The Milwaukee Film ...

The Jewish conception of the soul, or Neshama, is not a monolithic “ghost in the machine” but a five-stage spectrum of light ...