Shiva

For the first time: Israeli law recognizes a Family Memorial Day as a protected leave day

What you need to know about the amendment to Israel's annual leave law

|ByYAHAV SHORER
Yahav Shorer, advocate
LIOR BEN YAAKOV with his wife, Revital, and their children on a family trip to Vienna a year before the war. After his army service, Lior had worked as a security guard for the Viennese Jewish community for a year and a half, dreaming of taking his kids there one day. ‘We’re lucky we managed to do

Over 1,000 days have passed since October 7, mourning feels 'harder than before' - opinion

Judaism asks us to sit shiva for seven days. Friends fill the house. Meals appear at the door. We are commanded not to grieve alone. But no tradition tells us what happens after the thousandth day.

|ByDAN ELBAUM
ARI & ANAELLE PREISER under the ‘huppah.’

A tale of two Aris: How a fallen IDF soldier’s name forged a lifelong family bond - opinion

After recovering intel from Hamas headquarters and saving countless lives, Sgt. Ari Weiss was shot and passed away, but his name has inspired heroic legacies for 18 children.

|BySTEWART WEISS
HELPING MOURNERS to heal.

'The Jewish Journey Through Loss': Combining halacha and psychology in order to heal - review

The wisdom of clinical psychologist Dr. Batya Ludman and Jewish educator Gina Junger combine to create a book that balances both psychology and Jewish law.

|ByNOAH ROTHSTEIN

Lessons from ‘shiva’: A tribute to my very special editor

Judaism's mourning rituals parallel the psychological pathway to healing and help enable us to transition through the process of shiva, shloshim, and the first year after death.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2025ByBATYA L. LUDMAN
THE WRITER with her beloved husband.

Tze’ela Gez’s mother-in-law, Naomi: 'Life is still beautiful'

'For me, life is very, very straight. Hashem is the king. We have to understand what that means deeply. It’s not just words.'

JUNE 19, 2025ByRIVKAH LAMBERT ADLER
Hananel, Tze'ela and sons in happier times.

We're still sitting shiva over 500 days later - opinion

There is no moving on. There is only this new life Hamas has declared for us. There is only remembering. There is only fighting to make sure this never happens again.

FEBRUARY 25, 2025ByHILLARY GOLDBERG
Pictures of Shiri Bibas and her children Kfir and Ariel, in Jerusalem, February 20, 2025

Now is the time to heal our collective trauma - opinion

Let the memory of Kfir and Ariel Bibas ignite a fire in our hearts – a fire that fuels our determination to protect, to unite, and to demand dignity and safety for every Jewish child.

FEBRUARY 24, 2025ByESTER RABINOVICI
CANDLES ARE lit in memory of Oded Lifshitz, Shiri Bibas, and her children, Ariel and Kfir, in Kiryat Gat, this past Saturday night. Shiva is not only an acknowledgment of loss; it is also a structured path back to life, says the writer.

UAE official pays respects at shiva of murdered Chabad emissary, vows commitment to coexistence

Dr. Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, a senior member of the UAE, visited the shiva of Rabbi Zvi Kogan to offer his condolences to the grieving family personally.

NOVEMBER 29, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Photo of the Shiva

A life-long ‘thank you’ to my beloved sister - opinion

Bobbie was always there for me, and once crossed oceans to help me through a particularly bad time.

JULY 8, 2024ByDVORA WAYSMAN
BELOVED SISTER Bobbie at 21 (R) with the writer, 14.