Is it appropriate to send flowers or a card to an unveiling?
Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser answers a question about Jewish traditions concerning an unveiling.

What prayer from the Hebrew Bible can I recite for a dying Jewish patient?
Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser is asked what prayers a Christian hospice nurse can recite for her dying Jewish patients.

How can a Jewish cemetery permit the burial of cremated ashes on sacred ground?
Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser answers a question about cremation in Judaism. How can a Jewish cemetery allow the burial of cremated ashes when cremation is against Jewish law?

What is Jewish law regarding the burial of a single divorced woman?
Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser discusses burial arrangements for a divorced couple.

What provisions does Judaism make for disinterment and re-burial?
Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser answers a question about disinterment in Judaism.

Does Judaism allow pet cremation?
Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser answers a question about pet cremation in Judaism.

How can I explain death of my Jewish grandchild?
Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser answers these two questions. Do Reform rabbis believe in God? What is the difference between Reform Judaism and secular humanism?

What is the Jewish custom for the disposal of a spouse's belongings after death?
Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser discusses the disposition of clothing after death.

Why do Jews sit on low stools during the Jewish mourning period of Shiva?
Rabbi Jeffrey W. Goldwasser explains why Jews sit on low stools during the Jewish mourning period called Shiva.

Ask the Reform Rabbi - Visiting Graves on the Sabbath
Is permissible to visit grave sites in a Jewish cemetery on the Sabbath?

Ask the Reform Rabbi - Jewish Burial in a Christian Cemetery
My wife's family has used a small, rural graveyard affiliated with the Episcopal Church for the last 150 years. I am a Jew, and my children have been raised as Jews within the Reform movement. According to Judaism, can a Jew be buried in a Christian cemetery?

How many Yahrtzeit Candles should one light?
Can you light one Yahrzeit candle for all members of your family or do you light one for each member?

Ask the Reform Rabbi - Will I be denied burial in a Jewish cemetery if I get a tattoo?
Am I allowed by Jewish law to get a tattoo? If I get a tattoo, can I still be buried in a Jewish cemetery?

Ask the Reform Rabbi - Can women be counted in a minyan to recite the Mourner's Kaddish prayer?
Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser answers a question about women's participation in Reform Jewish practice and the need for a minyan (quorum of ten adult Jews) to recite the Mourner's Kaddish.

Ask the Reform Rabbi - What prayer can be said for victims of disasters like Hurricane Katrina?
Reform Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser offers a Jewish prayer that can be recited for victims of disasters like Hurricane Katrina.

Ask the Reform Rabbi - Should food be served after an unveiling ceremony?
Reform Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser answers a question about whether or not food should be served after a Jewish unveiling ceremony?

Ask the Reform Rabbi - Texts for Pet Burial Service
Reform Rabbi Jeff Goldwasser answers a question about Jewish texts to read during a pet burial service.

Ask the Reform Rabbi - Is it a sin not to sit shiva for seven days?
Reform Rabbi Jeff Goldwasser answers a question, is it a sin not to sit shiva for seven days?

What are Jewish funeral customs regarding the shovel?
Reform Rabbi Jeff Goldwasser answers a question about Jewish Burial customs regarding the shovel.

How should one sit Shiva for a relative who lives far away?
Reform Rabbi Jeff Goldwasser answers a question about mourning in Judaism, specifically how to sit shiva for a relative who lives far away.