This article provides a concise summary of various halachic guidelines related to mourning and bereavement in Jewish law.

The unidentified remains of at least one victim from Dachau, the Nazi concentration camp, were recently buried in a Jewish family's plot in Washington, D.C. The bones were sent home by U.S. Army soldier Sgt. Willard N. Maddox in 1946 and remained hidden until they were discovered by Maddox's son-in-law years later.

In this heartfelt personal reflection, the author describes his experience of sitting shiva for his father via Zoom during the pandemic.