Throughout Lent this year, the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, D.C., is hosting an exhibit on the Shroud of ...

Over my decades of hevra kadisha service, I have learned how similar Jewish and ... Early in the war, burial volunteer Mohammed Abu Mussa testified to the shortage of shrouds and other supplies ...

Jewish burial is often called chessed shel emet, a true kindness: Washing a body, purifying it and placing shrouds on the deceased is performed by the living with no ability for repayment.

Jewish burial is a mitzvah ... Jews are typically buried without a coffin, either wrapped in a shroud or in a tallit, although the latter is not customary in Israel. However, Israeli soldiers ...

A study published in the Heritage journal by Italian researchers suggests that the Shroud of Turin could date ... Many people believe it to be the burial cloth of Jesus, captivating believers ...

Instead, bodies are buried in simple caskets or shrouds with discrete ... Florida Jewish Cemetery only offers Jewish burials.) The remaining three green burial sites in Florida are natural burial ...