custom Archives – Jewish Journal

“Chew” by Carren S. Oler (June 20, 2017)

Rabbi Joe Blair July 14, 2017

Why are Jews traditionally buried in a Tallis? By Isaac Pollak

Rabbi Joe Blair June 14, 2017

Kavod v’Nichum’s Expired And Inspired: Who may Prepare Whom for Burial?

Rabbi Joe Blair February 10, 2017

Living chuppah can serve as family heirloom

Jewish Journal December 12, 2008

Imagine standing under a beautiful, hand-embroidered chuppah that 25 years earlier your parents stood under as they became husband and wife. That is the legacy Los Angeles artist Robin Van Zak hopes to create every time she designs a one-of-a-kind heirloom lace bridal canopy.

Shtetl engagement custom makes modern comeback

Jewish Journal October 10, 2008

The Gaon also weighed in on tenaim plates and demanded they be ceramic, since \”just as a ceramic plate cannot be repaired, so the families should be warned not to renege on their commitments.\”

An incomplete guide to Jewish funerals and burial

Jane Ulman August 7, 2008

While not everyone is jumping on the \’I gotta be me\’ funeral bandwagon, a funny thing is happening on the way to the mortuary. When it comes to thinking about the end of life, be it in the business of funeral homes or in the minds of Jews everywhere, the world is changing.