Monthly Archive: February 2019

The Changing Face of Grief
I said last week that I didn’t have a chance to mourn the loss of the mother

The First Week
The morning after the visit to the cemetery I get an update in Whatsapp that R.’s father

Just Like The Queen
What is sitting shivah in Israel like? someone asks me. Just like being the queen, I answer.

Is Is Actually Only Sunday?
I have achieved a new appreciation for the rules and customs of mourning in Judaism. I can’t