http://kaddishjournal.com Jews in Mourning: Death and Our Journey Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:39:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It was one of the big days in Dad’s life. We were in Grandma and Grandpa’s kitchen and he came to say, “I love you” to his parents for the first time. I was a teenager, close to twenty, so that made Dad around fifty. I ... http://kaddishjournal.com/eulogies/eulogy-for-bernard-h-karlin-by-rebecca-karlin-fox/ High Flight Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there I've chased ... http://kaddishjournal.com/eulogies/bernard-h-karlin-z%e2%80%9dl-by-joshua-c-karlin/ I am my father's son, not by blood but by his choice. A choice that fully reflects his patience, passion, selflessness and belief in the importance of family. From the beginning he challenged me intellectually, shaped me emotionally and inspired me to be the best "me" I could be. ... http://kaddishjournal.com/eulogies/eulogy-for-bernard-h-karlin-by-kevin-karlin/ Bernard H. Karlin of Longmont,CO . Karlin passed away on Tuesday, July 20, 2010, at the age of 84. He leaves his beloved wife of 35 years, Lynn, his children: Philip Karlin and wife Rhonda of West Hartford, CT; Rebecca Karlin Fox of West Hartford; Joshua ... http://kaddishjournal.com/eulogies/bernard-h-karlin-obituary/ It was just over three years ago that I started Kaddish Journal to chronicle my year of mourning for my mom. I shared some interesting, some moving, and even some ironic and funny insights I from 11 months of saying kaddish daily. And then I opened the blog to others, ... http://kaddishjournal.com/houskeeping/orphaned-blog-revived-by-an-orphan/ Death. Loss. Mourning. I am a young widow. I kept trying to remember the wonderful when I felt surrounded by sadness. And pain. Not so easy but I have learned that time is truly the great healer. Death has been part of my life since I was a little girl—even before I ... http://kaddishjournal.com/grief/remembering/ First you need to register. Click here to Register or look on the right sidebar under the "Meta" category and click on "Register" there. You will get an email from wordpress@kaddishjournal.com with a password, and then you can log in as an author. That means if you have a spam filter, you ... http://kaddishjournal.com/houskeeping/how-to-post-to-kaddishjournalcom/ Tonight is Mom's first Yartzeit, the anniversary, by the Hebrew calendar, of her death. It seems surreal to write that. The past few days I have spent several hours in the car. To pass the time I call friends and family. I talked to my brother, sister, and Dad. But not ... http://kaddishjournal.com/kaddish/yartzeit-and-the-future-of-kaddish-journal/ 11 Months by the Hebrew calendar. Everyday the boy who lost his mother said Kaddish. Sometimes it meant driving 45 minutes to find 10 Jews holding a minyan. With a girlfriend living in Greenfield, MA, I made the drive many a day down to Springfield. Up at 6:15 to make it ... http://kaddishjournal.com/jewish-rituals/completion-at-11-months/ Ahhhh, Shabbat and Sukkot at Elat Chayim. A little slice of heaven in the western hills of Connecticut at Camp Isabella Friedman in Falls Village, Elat Chayim is a Jewish retreat center, organic Jewish farm, and home to Jewish renewal in New England. I spent Rosh Hashannah there and had ... http://kaddishjournal.com/kaddish/the-only-minyan-in-town/