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    Where’s My Mir­a­cle? Explor­ing Jew­ish Tra­di­tions For Deal­ing with Tragedy
    Morey Schwartz
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    Par­ent­less Par­ents: How the Loss of Our Moth­ers and Fathers Impacts the Way We Raise Our Children
    Alli­son Gilbert
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    May God Remem­ber — Yizkor: Mem­o­ry and Memo­ri­al­iz­ing in Judaism (Prayers of Awe)
    Lawrence A. Hoffman
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    Mourn­ing the Loss of a Non-Jew­ish Parent

    Gayle Redling­shafer Berman is co-author, with her hus­band Harold, of Dou­blelife: One Family,Two Faiths and a Jour­ney of Hope, the first true-life account of ​“an…
    Gayle Redling­shafer Berman
    July 16, 2013
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    Joan­na Her­shon and the Memorial

    Joan­na Her­shon​’s most recent nov­el, A Dual Inher­i­tance, was pub­lished ear­li­er this month by Bal­lan­tine Books. She will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book…
    Joan­na Hershon
    May 20, 2013
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    Crash: A Moth­er, a Son, and the Jour­ney from Grief
    Car­olyn Roy-Bornstein
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    Faith Unrav­els: A Rab­bi’s Strug­gle with Grief and God
    Daniel Grey­ber
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    How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who’s Sick
    Let­ty Cot­tin Pogrebin
    Cover of Happier Endings: A Meditation on Life and Death
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    Hap­pi­er End­ings: A Med­i­ta­tion on Life and Death
    Erica Brown
    Cover of Before and After Loss: A Neurologist's Perspective on Loss, Grief and Our Brain
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    Before and After Loss: A Neu­rol­o­gist’s Per­spec­tive on Loss, Grief and Our Brain
    Lisa Shul­man
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    Say­ing Good­bye: A Hand­book for Teens Deal­ing with Loss and Mourning
    Neal C. Goldberg; Miriam Lieberman
    Cover of The Illuminated Kaddish: Interpretations of the Mourner's Prayer
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    The Illu­mi­nat­ed Kad­dish: Inter­pre­ta­tions of the Mourn­er’s Prayer
    Hyla Shifra Bolsta
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    Jour­ney to Heav­en: Explor­ing Jew­ish Views of the Afterlife
    Leila Leah Bronner
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    Life, Death and Bialys: A Father/​Son Bak­ing Story
    Dylan Schaffer
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    Los­ing My Sister
    Judy Gold­man
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    Keep Fight­ing, Stop Strug­gling: The Miles Levin Story
    Miles and Jonathan Levin
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