Cremation and Judaism

Ferziger, A. 2016

‘Foreign ashes in sovereign space: cremation and the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, 1931-99’, Jewish Studies Quarterly, 23:4, 290-313.

Ferziger, A. 2012

‘Ashes to outcasts: cremation, Jewish law and identity in early twentieth-century Germany’, AJS Review, 36:1, 71-102.

Salner, P. (trans J. Tlolka) 2023

‘The final dilemma: cremation as a form of Jewish burial in Slovakia’, Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe, 43:5, 21-30. [laptop library]

Events

The Cemetery Research Group runs two events a year: in May and in November. Follow the links and send in an abstract