Religion: Judaism

Abramovitch, H. 2014

‘More dry bones. the significance of changes in mortuary ritual in contemporary Israel’ in F. Markowitz, S. Sharot & M. Shokeid (eds) Toward an Anthropology of Nation Building and Unbuilding in Israel, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 229-242.

Dymshits, V. 2007

‘The Jewish cemetery: the place where one does not go’, East European Jewish Affairs, 37:3, 319-333.

Ferziger, A. 2012

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

Goldberg, H. 1993

‘Gravesites and memorials of Libyan Jews: alternate versions of sacralization of space in Judaism’, in E. Ben‐Ari and Y. Bilu (eds) Grasping Space: Space and Place in Contemporary Israeli Discourse and Experience, Albany: State University of New York, 47- 60.

Gradwohl, D. 1993

‘The Jewish cemeteries of Louiseville, Kentucky : mirrors of historical processes and theological diversity thorugh 150 years’, Markers 10, 116-149.

Sagiv, G. 2013

‘Hadism and cemetery inauguration ceremonies: authority, magic and performance of charismatic leadership’, Jewish Quarterly Review, 103:3, 328-351.

Shay, T. 2004

‘Who takes care of the loved ones?’, Anthropological Quarterly, 77:2, 289-301.

Wachtel, D. 1999

‘Jewish burial societies: The origins and development of the Hevra Kaddisha’, Jurist, 59, 214-228.

Events

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