Remembering Holocaust Destruction vs Liberation Remembering Holocaust Destruction vs Liberation By Kim AdamsDeath & MourningNo Comments 6 min read Boys entertaining themselves in the quarry in Buchenwald post liberation. Photo from Monas...Read More 18 April, 2021
Survived, but didn’t Survived, but didn’t By Kim AdamsDeath & MourningNo Comments 6 min read When our eldest son put on tefillin for the first time (some 15 years ago), after shachari...Read More 26 May, 2020
On the 75th yahrzeit, better than kaddish? On the 75th yahrzeit, better than kaddish? By Kim AdamsDeath & MourningNo Comments 4 min read My grandfather died in Buchenwald concentration camp on March 10, 1945, just weeks before ...Read More 29 March, 2020
Series on Jewish Mourning Series on Jewish Mourning By Laura PorterDeath & MourningNo Comments 2 min read ...Read More 13 February, 2017
Kaddish Club 2 Kaddish Club 2 By David WerdigerDeath & MourningNo Comments 5 min read The Kaddish Club 2: chained to the amud Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contri...Read More 19 April, 2016
Celebrating Liberation without the one Liberated? By David WerdigerDeath & MourningNo Comments 3 min read On the 11th of April, our family has for many years celebrating my father’s liberati...Read More 11 April, 2016
And who before his time? By David WerdigerReligionOne Comment 4 min read The Unetanneh Tokef prayer says it so powerfully and poignantly: “On Rosh Hashanah w...Read More 24 January, 2016
Mr Tzvi (Harry) Raitman, 90, OBM Mr Tzvi (Harry) Raitman, 90, OBM By David WerdigerDeath & MourningNo Comments 4 min read For years he sat quietly in his seat in shul – week-in, week-out – like a permanent fi...Read More 27 August, 2015
Of Dead Cricketers and Dead Shul-goers Of Dead Cricketers and Dead Shul-goers By David WerdigerReligionNo Comments 2 min read The national outpouring of grief following the tragic death of cricketer Phil Hughes afte...Read More 30 November, 2014
Kapital Nun Kapital Nun By David WerdigerDeath & MourningNo Comments 4 min read I’ve been saying kapital nun (chapter 50 of Tehillim) daily for a while now. Ma...Read More 22 March, 2014
Facebook Death Protocol Facebook Death Protocol By David WerdigerSocial Commentary2 Comments 4 min read Marc died yesterday. It was quite a shock – I don’t think he was even 60. I kn...Read More 31 January, 2014
The Kaddish Club The Kaddish Club By Laura PorterDeath & MourningNo Comments 5 min read They gather together in the middle of the work day, converging on venues around the Melbou...Read More 5 January, 2014