Reviews

Saying Kaddish: How to Comfort the Dying, Bury the Dead, and Mourn as a Jew by Anita Diamant

eyeball83's review against another edition

informative sad

3.5

smallredboy's review

dark emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

5.0

Picked this up after my grandmother's passing - it was enlightening and comforting.

bamboobones_rory's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Brief overview, good intro reading before branching to other books on Jewish death practices

grinningcheshire's review against another edition

5.0

When I Am Gone My Dearest!

This was such an engaging book. It gave me all the information in an easily palatable way so even though I didn't know a lot about the subject at first, I found it so easy to understand. And the depth of information was astounding! It's not a huge surprise that it's written so well, I've read other non fiction by this author and I can read them again and again and never get sick of them. If this book follows the same trend then I know rereads will reveal subtle details I missed the first time around. If you're at all curious about this subject matter I highly recommend you read this book!

inamerata's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

sydneyhack's review against another edition

5.0

This book, beyond being essential reading for any Jew who wants to mourn as a Jew, gives so many examples of how G-d has sought to protect us for centuries in difficult times like death and mourning. Special spiritually, and helpful practically.

domestictrashpanda's review

5.0

This was extremely helpful in giving me grounding in the death of my grandmother. Will be keeping it on my bookshelf to return to, now for the Kaddish and later as a guide to think about my own ethical will and Jewish funeral.

alyssakeiko's review

Informative. I skimmed/skipped a lot of stuff that is too hard for me to read right now