When a Jew Dies - The Ethnography of a Bereaved Son

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List of contents

Introduction
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

About the author

Samuel C. Heilman holds the Harold M. Proshansky Chair in Jewish Studies and Sociology at the City University of New York. He is also on the faculty of Queens College, CUNY. He is the author of Defenders of the Faith (California, 1999), Synagogue Life (1998), Portrait of American Jews (1996), The People of the Book (1993), Cosmopolitans and Parochials (1989), A Walker in Jerusalem (1986), and The Gate Behind the Wall (1984).

Summary

An 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.

Product details

• Authors: Samuel C Heilman, Samuel C. Heilman, Heilman Samuel C.
• Assisted by: Samuel C. Heilman (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2002
• EAN: 9780520236783
• ISBN: 978-0-520-23678-3
• No. of pages: 271
• Series: Ethnography of a Bereaved Son
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, Sociology: customs & traditions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, Jewish Studies, Cultural studies: customs and traditions, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Sociology: death and dying, Sociology: Death & Dying, Social groups: religious groups and communities