Derscribe a research paper with the topic of – Loss/Mourning/Grieving in Judaism.
Describe how their religious traditions approach loss/mourning & the grieving process.
Must include the following thesis: “Because of the effective and organized approach the Jewish religion has for mourning and bereavement, their rituals and traditions can act as a successful guide in assisting bereaved individuals assimilate and accommodate to the loss of a close loved one.”
do not make normative arguments about religion, which claims that something should or should not be the case, for example, (“Hell definitely exists and people who do bad things are going to hell”).
1. Rubin, Simon Shimshon. “Loss and Mourning in the Jewish Tradition – Simon Shimshon
Rubin, 2014.” SAGE Journals, Baywood Publishing Co., Inc., 1 Feb. 2015, journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.2190/OM.70.1.h.
2. Schindler, Ruben. “Mourning and Bereavement among Jewish Religious Families: A Time for Reflection and Recovery – Ruben Schindler, 1996.” SAGE Journals, Baywood Publishing Co., Inc., 1 Oct. 1996, journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.2190/RN2K-62KG-NBUX-GQ24
3. Goldberg, Helene S. “Funeral and Bereavement Rituals of Kota Indians and Orthodox
Jews.” OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying, vol. 12, no. 2, 1982, pp. 117–128., doi:10.2190/bphw-5nl1-v2pn-e0br.
4. Gerson, Gary S. “The Psychology of Grief and Mourning in Judaism.” Journal of Religion &
Health, vol. 16, no. 4, Oct. 1977, pp. 260–274., doi:10.1007/bf01533300.
