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Different faiths, same pain: How to grieve a death in the coronavirus pandemic

  • Written by David A. Schuck, Lecturer, the Rabbinical School, Jewish Theological Seminary
Different faiths, same pain: How to grieve a death in the coronavirus pandemicA funeral director calls relatives of a COVID-19 victim for a virtual viewing before cremation on May 22, 2020 in New York City. Misha Friedman/Getty Images

Editor’s note: Every religion has its death rites, communal practices developed over millennia to honor the dead and console the living. Some of these rituals are unique to one faith, but...

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