Eulogies

Dying Large

Wendy Dennis | Posted 12.02.2011

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Wendy Dennis

We of the Woodstock generation have long been interested in pushing the limits of self-expression, and our desire to noisily overturn convention is unlikely to stop just because we're facing the big chill.

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How To Write A Eulogy: A Final Gift To A Loved One

Carol DeChant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carol DeChant

Will you be ready when your time comes (to deliver a eulogy)? It helps if you don't think of eulogy as a performance art, but as a gift.

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Funeral Fiascos: Should Jews Rethink How We Honor the Dead?

Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie

I fear that cultural patterns are creating pressures that are hard to resist, and in the last few years I have attended far too many funerals that have left me distressed and even indignant rather than consoled.

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A Matter of Death and Life

James M. Lynch | Posted 11.17.2011

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James M. Lynch

One of the thoughts at a funeral, at least for me, is always: What will people say about me at my funeral?

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At a Chinese Funeral: Eternal Honor

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 11.17.2011

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Tom Doctoroff

In all cultures, key milestones crystallize the nature of individual identity. This event, one that took place in twenty-first century Shanghai, city of new dreams and neon buzz, was no different.

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Judith Hill, "Heal the World" Singer

Disgrasian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Disgrasian

There was something so chilling about mourning a man in the most public of ceremonies whose great tragedy was that he had never had a private life. Even in death, there wasn't any way for Michael Jackson to walk -- or be driven in a casket -- down the street unnoticed.

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Mourning a Defender of Civil Rights

Laila Al-Arian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Laila Al-Arian

Last Friday, my father's trial attorney, William Moffitt (known to many as "Bill"), passed away. His untimely death shocked and saddened his loved one...

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Humor Is God's Morphine: The Eulogoy Punch-Up Artist (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

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The "Eulogy Punch-Up Artist" is a deeply moving look at death, art and the intersection thereof. "Eulogies are not easy," our writer tells us, "death ...

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