When a Jew Dies
The Ethnography of a Bereaved Son
by Samuel C. Heilman and Samuel Heilman
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"Samuel Heilman's eloquent account of the traditional customs that are put into practice when a Jewish person dies provides both an informative anthropological perspective on Jewish rites of mourning and a moving chronicle of the loss of his own father. This unique narrative crosses and recrosses the boundary between the academic and the religious, the personal and the general, reflecting Heilman's changing roles as social scientist, bereaved son, and observant Jew.
Not only describing but explaining the cultural meaning behind Jewish practices and traditions, this extraordinary book shows what is particular and what is universal about Jewish experiences of death, bereavement, mourning, and their aftermath."--BOOK JACKET.
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When a Jew Dies: The Ethnography of a Bereaved Son
May 30, 2001, University of California Press
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in English
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0520219651 9780520219656
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When a Jew Dies: the Ethnography of a Bereaved Son
2001-01-01, University of California Press
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