Posts Tagged ‘funeral homes’
On the Death of Osama Bin Laden
9, May 2011Watery Grave, Murky Law Leor Halevi, New York Times (May 08, 2011) Osama bin Laden’s burial at sea and the history of Shariah. Bin Laden Exits the Scene On the Media, WNYC and National Public Radio (May 06, 2011) It has been one week since President Obama announced that Osama Bin Laden was dead. I [...]
St. Joseph Abbey’s Monks Battle State Funeral Industry Regulators for Right to Sell Caskets Ramon Antonio Vargas, The Times-Picayune (August 13, 2010) Monks Fight for Right to Sell Caskets Locally Debbie Glover, St. Tammany News (August 15, 2010) One of the lesser-known classic blunders is trying to prevent jovial Benedictine monks, living peacefully in their [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + the Economy|Death + the Law|Funeral Industry
- Tags: coffins, funeral homes, video
Washing the Dead for Jewish Funerals
30, Mar 2010Jewish Burial Practices Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, PBS (February 6th, 2004) Last week on the Death Reference Desk I wrote about American Muslims washing the dead body before a funeral. A friend from graduate school, Jakki, saw the post and sent me a fantastic PBS segment on the Jewish tradition of washing the dead. Jakki [...]
- By: John
- In: Burial|Funeral Industry
- Tags: anthropology, funeral homes, religion
Funeral Director’s Billboards: “Don’t End Up Here” Elizabeth Schubert , 13WHAM, Rochester, New York (March 26, 2010) A funeral director in Rochester, New York, counteracts the community sadness and frustration of clients brought to his services through violence with a series of billboards in English and Spanish. The message couldn’t be more direct: “Stop the [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Funeral Industry
- Tags: funeral homes, marketing
Washing the Dead for Muslim Funerals
25, Mar 2010The Washing: In the Muslim Custom of Bathing the Dead, She Found a Deep Sense of Reward — and Shaved off 40 Sins Reshma Memon Yaqub, The Washington Post (March 21, 2010) Modern human migration has created a real dilemma for the first, second, and third generations of immigrant children. When a relative dies, many [...]
- By: John
- In: Burial|Funeral Industry
- Tags: anthropology, funeral homes, religion